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英国股市在和平谈判传闻中上涨;Intertek股价飙升

-- 周二,伦敦富时100指数收盘上涨0.25%,受喜​​忧参半的企业动态以及美国和伊朗可能重启谈判的消息影响,尽管伊朗港口仍处于封锁状态。 路透社援引知情人士的话报道称,来自华盛顿和德黑兰的谈判代表可能在本周重返伊斯兰堡,举行新一轮和平谈判。这些知情人士透露,双方已收到一份关于重新派遣代表团的提议。一位伊朗高级消息人士补充说,目前尚未确定具体日期。 经济方面,英国零售商协会的数据显示,3月份英国零售额同比增长3.1%,高于上月的0.7%。分析师此前预计当月增幅为0.9%。这是自2025年4月以来的最大增幅,主要归功于复活节提前到来带动食品销售增长,而旅游相关商品的销售则受到中东冲突的影响。 英国零售商协会(BRC)首席执行官海伦·迪金森表示:“零售商们希望中东停火能够带来持久稳定,但前景依然不明朗。供应链已遭受重创,从运输、化肥到保险和商品,成本不断上涨,给本已捉襟见肘的零售商带来了更大的压力。政府必须立即采取果断大胆的行动,通过推迟那些会进一步推高消费者物价的国内政策来抑制通胀。” 在企业方面,Intertek集团(ITRK.L)股价飙升12.83%,成为蓝筹股指数的领头羊。此前,该公司启动了一项战略评估,旨在评估其能源基础设施和测试业务分拆的可能性。这家提供保证、测试和认证服务的公司还维持了其按固定汇率计算的同店收入增长预期。 加拿大皇家银行资本市场表示:“就管理层而言,这似乎标志着ITRK首席执行官的最后一次离任。” “由于与英属维尔京群岛的合并谈判已于2024年中期终止,这或许会为ITRK的股东带来一次创造价值的退出机会,而出售一直是过度悲观的主要风险因素。然而,鉴于复杂的地缘政治背景,以及能源/中东相关(测试、检验和认证)活动即将受到干扰,买家可能会谨慎行事,任何买家都不太可能仓促推进任何流程。” 相反,帝国品牌(IMB.L)股价下跌4.84%,成为富时100指数中表现最差的股票。该公司此前宣布,其五大主要市场的市场份额将出现“小幅”下滑,但维持了2026财年营收、营业利润和每股收益的预期。 “帝国烟草预计上半年烟草和新一代产品(NGP)的固定汇率收入将实现个位数低增长,与Visible Alpha预测的1.5%一致;下半年加权营业利润增长也与此前预期相符。全年业绩指引重申为‘至少实现高个位数每股收益增长,以及至少22亿英镑的自由现金流’。不过,上半年市场份额似乎有所下降。”加拿大皇家银行在另一份报告中指出。

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