周五中午左右，新西兰元50指数下跌81点，跌幅0.6%，至12558点，这是连续第三个交易日下跌。此前，由于大型科技股的收益令人失望，华尔街隔夜表现不佳。由于下周美国总统大选和美联储即将作出的利率决定存在不确定性，该指数本周将以低点收盘，连续第三周下跌约1.7%。在一项私人调查公布中国制造业采购经理人指数之前，人们也越来越谨慎，预计将连续第二个月出现收缩，尽管官方数据显示中国大陆的工厂活动六个月来首次增长。该国商业情绪飙升，达到2014年3月以来的最高水平，限制了进一步的损失。消费品、公用事业和医疗保健拖累了该指数，F&C投资（-1.4%）、西太平洋银行（-14%）和Ebos Group（-0.8%）的跌幅显著。
The NZX 50 fell 81 points, or 0.6%, to 12,558 around noon on Friday, marking its 3rd straight session of declines, following a downbeat session on Wall Street overnight due to disappointing earnings from big tech stocks. The index is on track to close the week on a low note, its 3rd consecutive weekly decline, falling about 1.7% amid uncertainty surrounding next week's U.S. presidential election and the Fed's upcoming interest rate decision. Caution also grew ahead of the release of China's manufacturing PMI from a private survey, with expectations for a contraction for the second consecutive month, despite official data showing factory activity in mainland China grew for the first time in six months. Limiting further losses was a surge in the country’s business sentiment, reaching its highest level since March 2014. Consumer staples, utilities, and healthcare weighed down the index, with notable losses from F&C Investment (-1.4%), Westpac Banking Corp (-1.4%), and Ebos Group (-0.8%).
