-- （本文已更新，並附有丹麥商品公司（Danske Commodities）的確認和評論。） 挪威國家石油公司（Equinor）旗下能源交易部門丹麥商品公司（Danske Commodities）週四在發給的電子郵件聲明中表示，為了更加專注於技術型業務，該公司已裁減了近5%的員工，其員工總數約為600人。 丹麥商品公司人力資源與文化副總裁喬納斯‧斯科夫比約格‧漢森（Jonas Skovbjerg Hansen）表示，3月共有28名員工被解僱。 他表示：“丹麥商品公司推出了一項新的、更專注的商業策略，旨在鞏固我們在技術交易和資產管理領域的優勢地位。” “我們的目標是確保我們擁有實現戰略目標所需的能力。這意味著一些職位已被取消，同時也在設立新的職位。” 彭博社引述知情人士的話稱，交易員和其他員工都受到了影響。 此次裁員發生在丹麥商品公司重組亞洲業務、縮減交易團隊規模之後。彭博社報道稱，該公司曾在市場波動和高價位時期獲得巨額利潤，但在市場趨於平靜後卻難以複製這些收益。 該公司週四公佈的全年業績顯示，其全年利潤為8,800萬歐元（約1.038億美元）。
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