标准普尔/澳交所200指数周五开盘持平,至8589点左右,并有望出现三周来的首次周跌幅,因为投资者权衡了唐纳德·特朗普总统的新一轮美国关税行动。周四,特朗普宣布从8月1日起对加拿大进口商品征收35%的关税,理由是渥太华的报复性关税。他补充说,欧盟也将在“今天或明天”收到新关税税率的通知,并表示计划对大多数其他贸易伙伴征收15%至20%的一揽子关税。在澳大利亚,在澳大利亚储备银行本周早些时候出人意料地决定保持利率稳定后,8月份降息的预期正在建立,市场目前的定价概率为89%。在企业方面,在大宗商品价格走强的情况下,重量级矿商继续反弹至近一个月高点,必和必拓上涨2.6%,Fortescue上涨3.1%,力拓上涨2.4%。在下行方面,医疗保健股仍面临压力,下跌近1%,生物技术巨头CSL领跌(-0.6%)。
The S&P/ASX 200 Index opened flat to around 8,589 on Friday, and on track for its first weekly decline in three, as investors weighed fresh US tariff actions from President Donald Trump. On Thursday, Trump announced a 35% tariff on Canadian imports starting August 1, citing Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs. He added that the EU would also be notified of new tariff rates "today or tomorrow” and signaled plans to apply blanket tariffs of 15% to 20% on most other trade partners. In Australia, expectations for a rate cut in August are building, with markets now priced in at 89% probability, after the Reserve Bank of Australia’s surprise decision to hold rates steady earlier this week. On the corporate front, heavyweight miners continued to rally to a near one-month high amid stronger commodity prices, with BHP up 2.6%, Fortescue 3.1%, and Rio Tinto 2.4%. On the downside, healthcare stocks remained under pressure, down nearly 1%, led by biotech giant CSL (-0.6%).