澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-01-18

 The local share market has lost ground everyday this week, falling today on another oil price slide. The benchmark West Texas Crude Price fell back more than 4% to $46.32 a barrel overnight. The All Ords fell 32 points by the close of trade or 0.6% lower. The ASX 200 lost the same amount. Despite losses on the broader market, the mining sector¹ made gains today. BHP added 0.5% while gold miner Newcrest put on almost seven, but energy companies Woodside and Oil Search lost around 2.5% and 1% respectively. Checking elsewhere in the region now, Japan’s Nikkei is losing ground as is the Hang Seng. They are both down…The Hang Seng off 196 points there. And the Australian dollar is still rallying. It’s currently fetching 82.3 US cents. 

 

The Swiss Central Bank called investors² by surprise overnight, announcing it’s no longer going to cap the exchange over the Swiss Franc against the euro. This has now supercharged expectations of another round of stimulus³ for the euro zone economy. The decision has also been termed Frank Gaden on social media. Now the Swiss currency rose strongly against the euro in response. On the zone, share markets closed down 8.7%. 

1 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。