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英國股市在和平談判傳聞中上漲;Intertek股價飆漲

-- 週二,倫敦富時100指數收盤上漲0.25%,受喜​​憂參半的企業動態以及美國和伊朗可能重啟談判的消息影響,儘管伊朗港口仍處於封鎖狀態。 路透社引述知情人士的話報導,來自華盛頓和德黑蘭的談判代表可能在本週重返伊斯蘭堡,舉行新一輪和平談判。這些知情人士透露,雙方已收到一份關於重新派遣代表團的提議。一位伊朗高級消息人士補充說,目前尚未確定具體日期。 經濟方面,英國零售商協會的數據顯示,3月英國零售額年增3.1%,高於上月的0.7%。分析師此前預期當月增幅為0.9%。這是2025年4月以來的最大增幅,主要歸功於復活節提前到來帶動食品銷售成長,而旅遊相關商品的銷售則受到中東衝突的影響。 英國零售商協會(BRC)執行長海倫·迪金森表示:「零售商們希望中東停火能夠帶來持久穩定,但前景依然不明朗。供應鏈已遭受重創,從運輸、化肥到保險和商品,成本不斷上漲,給本已捉襟見肘的零售商帶來了更大的壓力。政府必須立即採取果斷大膽的行動,通過推遲那些會進一步抑制消費者的經濟通價。 在企業方面,Intertek集團(ITRK.L)股價飆漲12.83%,成為藍籌股指數的領頭羊。此前,該公司啟動了一項策略評估,旨在評估其能源基礎設施和測試業務分拆的可能性。這家提供保證、測試和認證服務的公司還維持了其以固定匯率計算的同店收入成長預期。 加拿大皇家銀行資本市場表示:“就管理層而言,這似乎標誌著ITRK首席執行官的最後一次離任。” 「由於與英屬維京群島的合併談判已於2024年中期終止,這或許會為ITRK的股東帶來一次創造價值的退出機會,而出售一直是過度悲觀的主要風險因素。然而,鑑於復雜的地緣政治背景,以及能源/中東相關(測試、檢驗和認證)活動即將受到干擾,買家可能會謹慎行事,任何買家都不太可能謹慎行事,任何買家都不太可能倉促行事。 相反,帝國品牌(IMB.L)股價下跌4.84%,成為富時100指數中表現最差的股票。該公司先前宣布,其五大主要市場的市佔率將出現「小幅」下滑,但維持了2026財年營收、營業利潤和每股收益的預期。 「帝國菸草預計上半年菸草和新一代產品(NGP)的固定匯率收入將實現個位數低增長,與Visible Alpha預測的1.5%一致;下半年加權營業利潤增長也與此前預期相符。全年業績指引重申為『至少實現高個位數每股收益增長,以及至少22億英鎊的自由現金流』。不過,上半年上半年似乎有所下降。」加拿大銀行報告。

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