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多倫多證券交易所午盤上漲150點,礦業和公用事業板塊領漲。

-- 多倫多證券交易所午盤上漲150點,多數股走高。 表現最佳的板塊是礦業和公用事業板塊,均上漲1.4%。工業板塊和電信板塊分別下跌0.5%和0.8%。 加拿大統計局週五公佈的數據顯示,3月新增就業1.4萬個,符合經濟學家的預期,失業率維持在6.7%不變。平均時薪較去年同期成長4.7%,高於2月份的3.9%。 正如德斯賈丁斯集團宏觀策略主管羅伊斯·門德斯所說,加拿大勞動力市場顯示出“一些企穩跡象”,但數據仍存在一些問題。週五公佈的勞動力調查(LFS)顯示,加拿大經濟3月新增就業1.4萬個,失業率維持在6.7%不變。但門德斯指出,所有新增職位均為兼職,全職工作在2月經歷了10.8萬個「毀滅性」的下降後,目前處於「穩定」狀態。門德斯也指出,儘管3月平均時薪年增率加快,但這主要是由於結構性因素的影響。加拿大統計局表示,在保持結構不變的情況下,平均時薪僅增加了3.6%,顯示薪資「實際上並沒有升溫」。 德斯賈丁斯集團對第一季國內生產毛額(GDP)的預測仍維持在1.5%至2.0%左右,與加拿大央行1月的預測大致一致。門德斯表示,總體而言,週五公佈的勞動力調查(LFS)沒有任何跡象表明經濟正在復甦。儘管德斯賈丁斯集團上調了油價預期,但鑑於經濟持續疲軟,他們仍然認為央行將在今年剩餘時間內保持觀望態度。

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