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波斯灣前景展望令歐洲股市午盤承壓

-- 週三午盤,歐洲股市橫盤整理,此前美國總統川普週二單方面延長了波斯灣停火協議,但霍爾木茲海峽仍對油輪航行關閉。 房地產、石油和科技股領漲歐洲大陸股市,銀行股表現落後。 北海布蘭特原油近月期貨上漲1%,至每桶99.49美元。 由於隔夜亞洲股市收盤震盪,投資人也關注著上漲的華爾街股指期貨。 在經濟方面,歐盟委員會週三提出了「加速歐盟」(AccelerateEU)計劃,旨在應對霍爾木茲海峽關閉引發的化石燃料短缺問題。然而,歐盟委員會表示,真正的能源安全將來自向國內清潔能源的轉型。 泛歐斯托克600指數午盤走勢穩定。 歐洲斯托克600科技指數上漲1%,銀行指數下跌0.9%。 歐洲斯托克600石油天然氣指數上漲1.5%,食品飲料指數小漲0.1%。 歐洲房地產投資信託指數(REITE)上漲0.8%。 各國股市方面,德國DAX指數下跌0.2%,倫敦富時100指數保持穩定。巴黎CAC 40指數下跌0.4%,西班牙IBEX 35指數下跌0.4%。 德國10年期公債殖利率穩定在3%左右。 歐洲斯托克50指數波動率下跌4.4%至23.10,但仍顯示未來30天歐洲股市波動性高於平均水平,這是一個負面訊號。該指數高於20表示市場波動性將加劇,而低於20則表示市場交投較為平靜。

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