【今日短语】
复习 downbeat:
adjective
pessimistic or gloomy.
"the assessment of the UK's economic prospects is downbeat"
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原文如下：
The day in the markets
(来自：The Financial Time 金融时报)
What you need to know
▸ Crude oil moves higher as traders look ahead to central bank meetings
▸ European bank stocks hit after downbeat outlook from SocGen chief
▸ Investors sell interest rate-sensitive two-year Treasuries
Crude oil moved higher yesterday, boosting energy stocks, but gains in US equity markets were capped as investors looked ahead to a busy week of central bank meetings to set interest rates around the world.
Brent crude added 0.7 per cent to $94.61 a barrel, close to its highest level since November 2022.
US equivalent West Texas Intermediate rose 1.2 per cent to $91.96 a barrel as traders continued to price oil higher following news earlier this month that ... two of the world’s largest producers — planned to extend their voluntary production and export cuts.
Rising prices lifted the shares ... — and the heavyweight sector also helped to push up the S&P 500 by 0.3 per cent in midday New York trading.
The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite added 0.3 per cent.
