亚洲股票下跌受到美国关注

Asian Stocks Drop on US Growth Concern

亚洲股票下跌受到美国关注

 

Share prices in Asia plunged² Thursday. The decline was a reaction to losses on Wall Street that had been triggered by concerns about inflation and the prospect³ of higher interest rates.

 

On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell almost 1.2 percent in New York.

 

Chris Rocks, an equity⁴ strategist with Macquarie Bank in Hong Kong, says it is very common for movements in the U.S. markets to have an immediate⁵ effect on Asia.

 

Chris Rocks: Over longer periods of time that correlation⁶ is not as strong, but certainly there is always an initial response to any major moves in the U.S..

 

Asia's biggest loss was on Japan's Topix stock index, which lost 2.7 percent. Japan's benchmark Nikkei average fell 2.4 percent, its biggest drop since April 18.

 

Key stock indexes in South Korea, Australia and Hong Kong all gave up over two percent.

 

Mr. Rocks says that certain sectors⁷ in Asia have been particularly affected⁸ by the slide of the U.S. market and worries about rising U.S. inflation and interest rates.

 

Chris Rocks: It is primarily having an effect on what we call the high beater sectors, those most closely linked to the global economy, so that would be materials stock in particular, so mining companies, steel companies have been affected and today you also had the technology companies affected as well.

 

Stocks of export-dependent companies also fell Thursday.

 

Japanese company Canon, the world's biggest seller of copiers and digital cameras, fell more than five percent.

 

Samsung Electronics, one of South Korea's biggest exporters, slid 2.5 percent. Hyundai, South Korea's largest automaker, fell 1.4 percent. The United States is Hyundai's biggest export market.

 

注释：

share [FZE] n. 股票

plunge¹ [plQndV] vi. 跳水

trigger [5tri^E] vt. 引发，引起

equity [5ekwiti] n. 资产净值

Samsung Electronics 韩国三星电子

slide [slaid] v. 下滑，下跌

Hyundai 现代汽车公司（韩国最大的汽车制造商）

1 plunge   

v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲

参考例句：

• Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
• That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

2 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

3 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

4 equity   

n.公正，公平，（无固定利息的）股票

参考例句：

• They shared the work of the house with equity.他们公平地分担家务。
• To capture his equity,Murphy must either sell or refinance.要获得资产净值，墨菲必须出售或者重新融资。

5 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

6 correlation   

n.相互关系，相关，关连

参考例句：

• The second group of measurements had a high correlation with the first.第二组测量数据与第一组高度相关。
• A high correlation exists in America between education and economic position.教育和经济地位在美国有极密切的关系。

7 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。