-- 周二,美国股市指数下跌,半导体板块下滑拖累科技股,而中东地缘政治局势恶化则推高了原油价格。 纳斯达克综合指数下跌0.9%,收于24,663.80点;标普500指数下跌0.5%,收于7,138.80点,均从近期历史高位回落,此前所谓的人工智能交易出现波动。道琼斯工业平均指数下跌近0.1%,收于49,141.93点。 据《华尔街日报》周一晚间援引知情人士报道,微软(MSFT)支持的OpenAI近期未能实现其新增用户和营收目标。报道援引知情人士的话称,首席财务官莎拉·弗莱尔(Sarah Friar)表示担忧,如果销售额增长不够快,OpenAI可能无力支付未来的计算合同费用。 据Finviz汇编的数据显示,市值超过2000亿美元的公司中,表现最差的主要是半导体公司,包括Arm Holdings (ARM)、Applied Materials (AMAT)、Arista Networks (ANET)、Broadcom (AVGO)和Oracle (ORCL)。 与此同时,据阿联酋通讯社报道,阿联酋将于5月1日退出石油输出国组织(欧佩克)及其扩大版欧佩克+。 路透社周二援引一位不愿透露姓名的美国官员的话报道称,伊朗提出的结束中东战争的最新方案令美国总统特朗普不满,导致这场致命冲突持续陷入僵局。 伊朗的方案包括重新开放霍尔木兹海峡,以换取美国解除对德黑兰港口的封锁并推迟就其核计划进行谈判。此前,原定于周末在巴基斯坦举行的伊朗和美国会谈未能成行。 SEB Research大宗商品首席分析师比雅恩·希尔德罗普在一份报告中指出:“如果霍尔木兹海峡在5月份未能重新开放,警钟将会敲响。现货原油和成品油价格将持续走高。如果6月/7月之前海峡仍未实现有效开放,那么全球可能被迫将石油消费量削减至接近供应水平,从而引发真正的危机。” 西德克萨斯中质原油期货价格上涨3.7%,至每桶99.96美元;布伦特原油期货价格上涨2.7%,至每桶111.16美元。 贵金属方面,受原油价格上涨引发通胀担忧的影响,黄金期货价格下跌1.8%,至每盎司4608.7美元;白银期货价格下跌2.6%,至每盎司73.05美元。 美国国债收益率多数上涨,其中10年期国债收益率稳定在4.34%,2年期国债收益率上涨2.3个基点至3.83%。 经济方面,世界大型企业联合会4月份消费者信心指数升至92.8,高于3月份向上修正后的92.2,而彭博社此前汇总的调查结果显示,该指数预期为89.0。该调查于4月1日至22日进行,涵盖了伊朗为期两周的临时停火。 里士满联储4月份制造业指数升至3,高于彭博社此前汇总的调查结果1。 凯斯-席勒全国房价指数2月份未经季节性调整上涨0.3%,此前1月份该指数下跌0.2%。
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