周一早盘交易中,澳大利亚股市下跌0.3%,至8316点,停止了前八个交易日的涨幅,并从周五达到的近三个月来的最高水平回落。穆迪周五将美国信用评级下调至Aa1后,由于对政府财政赤字的担忧,标准普尔/澳交所200指数跟踪美国股指期货下跌。在今天晚些时候中国公布一系列数据之前,交易员们持谨慎态度,包括零售额和工业产出。上周早些时候公布的就业数据强于预期,市场预期澳大利亚储备银行将在周二的会议上降息25个基点,这限制了下跌。材料、非必需消费品、工业和金融类股主要拖累该指数,圣骑士能源(-8.0%)、新西兰水星(-4.1%)、Contact Energy(-2.5%)、Genesis Minerals(-2.3%)和WiseTech Global(-2.2%)的跌幅显著。
Shares in Australia fell 0.3% to 8,316 in early deals on Monday, halting gains from the previous eight sessions and retreating from their highest level in nearly three months, reached on Friday. The S&P/ASX 200 Index tracked a downbeat session in US stock futures amid concerns over the government fiscal deficit after Moody's lowered the US credit rating to Aa1 on Friday. Traders were cautious ahead of a slew of data from China to be released later today, including retail sales and industrial output. Capping the falls were market expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia would cut the interest rate by 25 bps at Tuesday's meeting, following stronger-than-expected jobs data released earlier last week. Materials, consumer discretionary, industrials, and financials mainly weighed on the index, with notable losses from Paladin Energy (-8.0%), Mercury NZ (-4.1%), Contact Energy (-2.5%), Genesis Minerals (-2.3%), and WiseTech Global (-2.2%).