-- 週二收盤時，由於中東衝突和解談判陷入僵局，市場前景不明朗，澳洲股市下跌。 S&P/ASX 200 指數下跌 0.64%，跌幅 55.70 點，收在 8,710.70 點。 布蘭特原油期貨價格上漲 1%，至每桶 109.52 美元。霍爾木茲海峽繼續關閉，美國正在審查伊朗提出的解決中東衝突的最新方案。 國內方面，澳新銀行-羅伊摩根澳洲消費者信心指數在4月20日至26日這一週上升3.5點至67.8。 澳新銀行經濟學家索菲亞·安加拉表示，整體通膨率預計較上季上升1.4%，部分原因是3月燃油價格上漲。澳洲儲備銀行預計仍將在5月的會議上將現金利率調高25個基點。 公司方面，歐洲鋰業（ASX：EUR）簽署協議，將透過一項安排計劃，以每股歐洲鋰業股票換取0.035股關鍵金屬公司股票的比例，透過收購關鍵金屬公司所有已發行證券的方式，與納斯達克上市的關鍵金屬公司合併。如果該方案得以實施，每位股東將獲得價值相當於每股歐洲鋰業股票0.58澳元的關鍵金屬公司股票。該股在收盤時飆升46%。 Whitehaven Coal（ASX：WHC）表示，截至3月31日的第三財季，其原煤產量達到950萬噸，其中昆士蘭州410萬噸，新南威爾斯州540萬噸。該公司股價收盤上漲4%。 Beach Energy（ASX：BPT）截至3月31日的季度，其石油當量產量為480萬桶，略低於去年同期的490萬桶。銷售量從640萬桶降至530萬桶，銷售收入從5.52億澳元降至4.19億澳元。該公司股價收盤下跌1%。
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