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受中东停火疑云影响,英国股市表现低迷

-- 周四收盘时,伦敦富时100指数下跌0.05%,原因是以色列对黎巴嫩的空袭导致伊朗再次禁止油轮通过霍尔木兹海峡,这令外界对其与美国达成的停火协议产生怀疑。 丹麦银行表示:“伊朗和美国在关键问题上仍然存在巨大分歧,因此局势很可能再次升级。”伊朗议会议长穆罕默德·巴格尔·加利巴夫指出,停火协议的三项条款遭到违反。与此同时,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在“真相社交”平台上发帖称,美军将坚守阵地,直到“真正的协议”得到全面遵守。他还补充说,如果协议得不到遵守,美军“实际上正在期待下一次征服”。 经济方面,英国皇家特许测量师学会发布的2026年3月房价指数为-23%,低于上月修正后的-14%。最新数据显示,市场预期降幅低于此前普遍预期的-18%,为2023年12月以来的最低水平。 “过去几个月,英国房地产市场的情绪发生了显著变化。此前谨慎好转的市场活动,因中东冲突带来的更广泛的宏观经济影响而偏离轨道,抵押贷款利率前景的再次恶化尤其具有挑战性。……未来走向取决于近期油价和能源成本的飙升能否在当前高度不确定的地缘政治环境下开始逆转,”皇家特许测量师学会(RICS)市场研究与分析主管塔兰特·帕森斯(Tarrant Parsons)表示。 “3月份的调查数据显示,英国上市房屋建筑商的短期前景无疑为负面。购房需求的急剧恶化、近期销售预期暴跌(至-33%)以及价格下行压力的加剧,都预示着2026年第二季度将面临更加严峻的交易环境,”加拿大皇家银行资本市场(RBC Capital Markets)表示。 企业新闻方面,伦敦证券交易所集团(LSEG.L)宣布启动一项价值高达9亿英镑的股票回购计划,消息公布后股价上涨0.18%。 与此同时,英美烟草公司(BATS.L)股价下跌1.99%,宣布任命德拉戈斯·康斯坦丁内斯库(Dragos Constantinescu)为首席财务官,该任命将于9月1日生效。在此之前,贾韦德·伊克巴尔(Javed Iqbal)将继续担任这家烟草和尼古丁产品巨头的临时首席财务官。

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