-- 週二收盤時,澳洲股市上漲,投資人情緒受到美伊和平協議樂觀情緒的提振,儘管美國對伊朗的海上封鎖生效。 S&P/ASX 200 指數上漲 0.5%,或 44.80 點,收在 8,970.80 點,創下 20 天新高。 美國總統川普表示,伊朗已致電白宮,討論潛在的和平協議。 路透社引述消息人士的話報道稱,兩國都為進一步談判留有餘地,並且在達成協議方面取得了進展。 布蘭特原油期貨下跌 1.5%,至每桶 97.90 美元。 國內方面,西太平洋銀行-墨爾本研究所消費者信心指數4月大幅下跌約13%,從3月的91.6降至80.1,因為燃油價格和利率上漲加劇了生活成本壓力,嚴重打擊了經濟信心。 澳洲國民銀行在報告中指出,受中東衝突的影響,澳洲商業信心在3月份下降29點至-29,創下自2020年4月以來的最低水平,也是自全球金融危機和新冠疫情爆發以來跌幅最大的時期之一。 澳新銀行在報告中指出,澳洲消費者信心在4月6日至12日這一周上升2.2點至64.5點,連續第二週上漲,而四周移動平均值則下降1點至62.2點。 公司新聞方面,澳航(ASX:QAN)預計下半年的燃油成本將達到31億至33億澳元,原因是2月航空煤油煉油利潤率達到每桶約120美元的峰值。澳洲航空表示,已對沖了下半年約90%的原油風險敞口,但仍很大程度上受航空煤油煉油利潤率波動的影響。 受中東衝突的影響,Cleanaway Waste Management(ASX:CWY)預計2026財年息稅前利潤為4.6億至4.8億澳元,低於先前預期的4.8億至5億澳元。該公司股價收盤下跌2%。 最後,Clarity Pharmaceuticals(ASX:CU6)與Nucleus Radiopharma簽署了一項商業生產協議,為其生產新一代診斷成像劑銅-64 SAR-bisPSMA。該協議包括在Nucleus Radiopharma位於明尼蘇達州羅徹斯特的工廠進行生產。 Clarity的股價收盤下跌5%。
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