标准普尔/新西兰元50指数周五下跌0.24%,收于11700点,投资者等待新西兰储备银行下周的政策决定。路透社的一项民意调查显示,央行将保持其关键利率稳定,并至少保持到9月。在经济新闻方面,由于第一季度投入和产出价格高于预期,新西兰的生产者通胀率仍在上升。与此同时,在美国,几位美联储官员表示,即使通胀出现缓和迹象,利率可能也需要保持更长时间的高位,交易员们对近期货币政策路径进行了思考。在主要贸易伙伴中国,4月份工业生产增长超过预期,而零售额和固定资产投资增长低于预期。健康服务类股下跌,瑞曼医疗(-4.4%)和萨默塞特健康公司领跌。(-1.1%). 能源板块也下跌,即Meridian(-1.1%)、Contact energy(-1.7%)和Mercury NZ(-2.2%)。该指数本周下跌0.47%。
The S&P/NZX 50 index fell 0.24% to close at 11,700 on Friday, as investors awaited the RBNZ's policy decision due next week. A Reuters poll revealed that the central bank would hold its key interest rate steady and be at a hold at least until September. In economic news, New Zealand’s producer inflation remained elevated, as input and output prices came in higher than expected in Q1. Meanwhile, in the US, traders pondered the near-term monetary policy path after several Fed officials suggested that interest rates may need to stay higher for longer even as inflation showed signs of easing. In key trading partner China, industrial production grew more than expected in April, while retail sales and fixed asset investment rose less than forecasts. Health services stocks dropped, led by Ryman Healthcare (-4.4%) and Summerset Hldgs. (-1.1%). The energy sector also fell, namely Meridian (-1.1%), Contact Energy (-1.7%), and Mercury NZ (-2.2%). The index was down 0.47% for the week.