-- 受美伊停火前景樂觀影響,澳洲股市週三收盤下跌。 標普/澳交所200指數下跌23.70點,跌幅0.26%,收在8955點。 美國和伊朗正在考慮進一步會談,雙方繼續努力調解,以防止中東衝突重燃。布蘭特原油期貨價格穩定在每桶95.02美元。現貨黃金價格上漲近1%,至每盎司4,830.82美元。 華爾街方面,那斯達克指數上漲1.6%,標普500指數上漲0.8%,週三均創下歷史收盤新高。同時,道瓊指數下跌2%。 國內方面,澳洲統計局數據顯示,3月經季節性調整後的失業率維持在4.3%,與上月持平。就業總人數增加17,900人,達1,480萬人。 根據墨爾本研究所的消費者通膨預期調查,受近期油價飆漲的影響,澳洲4月份的消費者通膨預期上升0.7個百分點至5.9%。 公司新聞方面,Ora Banda Mining(ASX:OBM)表示,截至3月份的季度,黃金產量較2025年12月季度增長21%,達到38,766盎司,其中售出38,637盎司,2026財年迄今的累計產量為101,200盎司。該公司股價在收盤時上漲9%。 Netwealth Group(ASX:NWL)公佈,截至3月底,其管理資產規模約為1,257.9億澳元,較去年同期末的1,040.8億澳元成長近21%。該公司股價收盤上漲6%。 此外,Viva Energy Group(ASX:VEA)已向澳洲證券交易所申請立即暫停交易,該公司正準備公佈其吉朗煉油廠發生重大火災的影響。該煉油廠是澳洲僅存的兩家仍在運作的煉油廠之一,日加工能力為12萬桶原油,據報道,其產量佔澳洲燃料供應量的10%,維多利亞州燃料消耗量的50%。
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