On Thursday, Wall Street equities were spearheaded by the technology sector, following the disclosure of spring earnings figures by corporations such as Nvidia and Salesforce that vastly surpassed analysts' projections, their performance being so formidable as to elicit sheer astonishment.
周四,华尔街股市由科技板块领涨,此前英伟达与赛富时等企业披露的春季盈利数据远超分析师预期,其表现之强劲,令人叹为观止。
The S&P 500 index registered a 0.6% gain, edging ever closer to the historic peak it had established earlier in the month.
标普500指数录得0.6%的涨幅,进一步逼近本月早些时候创下的历史峰值。
As of 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had climbed 187 points, a rise of 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite had advanced by 1.2%.
截至美国东部时间上午11时30分,道琼斯工业平均指数攀升187点,涨幅达0.4%,而纳斯达克综合指数则上扬1.2%。
Nvidia undeniably serves as the pivotal engine propelling the broader market upward, notwithstanding the fact that decliners outnumber advancers within the S&P 500.
英伟达无疑是驱动市场整体上行的核心引擎,尽管标普500指数中下跌个股的数量已超越上涨个股。
The chip behemoth's shares surged 7.5%, attributable to its latest earnings and revenue figures that substantially surpassed analysts' projections.
这家芯片巨头的股价攀升7.5%,缘于其再度公布的利润与营收远超分析师预期。
Of more profound significance to Wall Street, the company also furnished revenue growth guidance exceeding analyst estimates, signaling that demand for chips powering artificial intelligence initiatives remains unabatedly robust.
对华尔街而言更具深远意义的是,该公司还提供了超出分析师预估的营收增长指引,这昭示着用于人工智能项目的芯片需求依然保持强劲态势。
"Artificial intelligence has reached its critical inflection point," asserted Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia.
“人工智能已然抵达其临界拐点,”英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋如是断言。
"It is engaged in work of tangible value.
“它正从事具有实际价值的工作。
Its tokens possess both productivity and profitability."
其代币具备生产力与盈利能力。”
This move may serve to alleviate the pervasive apprehension enveloping artificial intelligence-related equities, which have recently been under sustained pressure.
此举或可纾解萦绕于人工智能相关股票周遭的普遍隐忧——此类股票近期持续承压。
Having undergone years of meteoric ascent amid the artificial intelligence frenzy, the sector now confronts skepticism, with the market harboring doubts that valuations have become excessively inflated, and that should the AI revolution fail to deliver on its promised bountiful profits, the voracious demand for AI chips may well wane.
在历经人工智能狂潮中多年飙升之后,该板块正面临质疑,市场疑虑其估值已然过高,且倘若人工智能革命未能兑现其承诺的丰厚利润,对人工智能芯片的旺盛需求或将趋于式微。
Another major technology firm, Salesforce, saw its shares surge by 20.2% after the company asserted that artificial intelligence had facilitated one of the most exceptional quarterly performances in its history.
另一家大型科技企业赛富时股价飙升20.2%,此前该公司宣称,人工智能助其实现了史上最为卓越的季度业绩之一。
The company reported profits that surpassed analysts' expectations, and its chief executive, Marc Benioff, stated that the firm had "witnessed staggering demand for its AI and data products" and was "converting AI into customer success at an unprecedented scale."
该公司公布的利润超出分析师预期,其首席执行官马克·贝尼奥夫表示,公司“目睹了对其人工智能及数据产品的惊人需求”,并且“正以前所未有的规模将人工智能转化为客户成功”。
Salesforce, the software behemoth dedicated to assisting corporate clients in managing their data, not only raised its full-year revenue guidance but also announced a deepening of strategic collaboration, integrating its platform with Anthropic's Claude chatbot.
赛富时,这家专司协助企业客户管理其数据的软件巨擘,非但上调了全年营收预期,更宣布深化战略协作,将其平台与Anthropic麾下的Claude聊天机器人融为一体。
This move has garnered considerable attention, precisely because earlier market anxieties—that AI-driven competitors might ultimately erode the customer base of Salesforce and other software firms—had previously weighed heavily on its share price.
此举之所以备受瞩目,实因早前市场对由人工智能驱动的竞争对手最终或会侵蚀赛富时及其他软件公司客户版图的深切隐忧,曾令其股价一度承压。
Now, Salesforce's stock is poised to register its most robust single-day gain in six years.
如今,赛富时的股价有望录得六年来最为强劲的单日涨幅。
HP's share price plummeted by 5.8%, notwithstanding the fact that its latest quarterly profits and spring performance both surpassed analysts' forecasts.
惠普股价骤降5.8%,尽管其最新季度的利润及春季业绩均超越了分析师的预测。
Nevertheless, analysts underscored that market apprehensions regarding its personal computer sales outlook, compounded by the relentless escalation in computer memory and other commodity prices, are progressively eroding its profit margins.
然而,分析师强调,市场对其个人电脑销售前景的担忧,加之计算机内存及其他大宗商品价格的持续上涨,正不断侵蚀其利润率。
Best Buy and a number of other retailers saw their share prices come under downward pressure, a trend rooted in persistent market apprehension that American consumers, beset by elevated inflation and a pervasive sense of disillusionment regarding the economic outlook, may be grappling with increasingly acute financial strain.
百思买及其他若干零售商股价承压下行,其根源在于市场持续忧虑美国消费者或因高企的通胀水平及对经济前景的普遍沮丧情绪而承受日益加剧的财务压力。
Notwithstanding the fact that Best Buy's earnings and revenue for its most recent fiscal quarter both surpassed analysts' projections, its stock nonetheless registered a decline of 4.4%.
尽管百思买最新财季的盈利与营收双双超越分析师预期,其股价仍录得4.4%的跌幅。
Dollar General's share price surged by 6.3%, buoyed by quarterly earnings that markedly surpassed analysts' projections.
美元通用股价飙升6.3%,得益于其最新季度盈利显著超越分析师预期。
However, its rival Dollar Tree saw its stock decline by 3.1%, notwithstanding a substantial beat on profit expectations.
然而,其竞争对手美元树尽管利润预期大幅超出,股价却下挫3.1%。
Market attention may increasingly pivot toward the guidance range for one of its key underlying revenue metrics, the midpoint of which falls below analyst estimates—a development that could invite more rigorous scrutiny.
市场关注焦点或将更多转向其一项核心基础收入指标的预测区间,该区间之中点低于分析师预估水平,这一动态可能引发更深入的审视。
In the bond market, yields on U.S. Treasuries held relatively steady, following the release of a report indicating that the American labor market remains resilient.
在债券市场,美国国债收益率维持相对平稳态势,此前发布的一份报告显示,美国就业市场仍保持韧性。
Initial jobless claims declined last week, a sign that the scale of layoffs may continue to remain subdued.
上周初请失业金人数有所回落,这一迹象表明裁员规模或持续处于低位。
Throughout the summer, yields exhibited a persistent upward trajectory, propelled by apprehensions over elevated inflation, the vast and ever-expanding indebtedness of the U.S. government, and sundry other considerations.
整个夏季,由于对高通胀、美国政府庞大且不断膨胀的债务以及其他因素的忧虑,收益率总体呈持续攀升之势。
Such was the magnitude of these elevated levels that the U.S. Treasury was compelled last week to make an unforeseen declaration of intervention in the bond market, notwithstanding analysts' assertions that the tangible efficacy of such a maneuver might prove to be circumscribed.
其高企程度甚至迫使美国财政部上周出人意料地宣布介入债券市场,尽管分析师指出此举的实际效用或属有限。
The next milestone event in the bond market will be the address delivered by Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Friday.
债券市场的下一个里程碑事件,将是美联储主席凯文·沃什于周五发表的讲话。
He has remained steadfastly resolute in withholding from the financial markets any indication of how the Federal Reserve might adjust interest rates in the future to curb inflation.
他始终坚定不移地拒绝向金融市场透露任何关于美联储未来将如何调整利率以遏制通胀的线索。
However, he is currently under immense pressure to furnish more explicit and forward-looking guidance.
然而,他目前正承受着巨大压力,亟需提供更为明确且具有前瞻性的指引。
A salient variable within the recent inflationary landscape resides in crude oil prices, whose trajectory remains persistently constrained by the market's recurrent speculation over the uncertainty of when the Iranian conflict might permit tankers to once again navigate freely out of the Persian Gulf.
近期通胀格局中的一个变数在于原油价格,其走势持续受制于市场对伊朗冲突何时方能允许油轮再度自由驶离波斯湾这一不确定性的反复揣度。
The international benchmark Brent crude edged up 0.3% on Thursday, settling at $87.23 per barrel.
国际基准布伦特原油周四微升0.3%,报每桶87.23美元。
In overseas equity markets, the trajectories of major European and Asian indices have unfolded into a complex tapestry of divergent gains and losses.
在海外股票市场中,欧洲与亚洲各大指数的走势呈现出涨跌互现的复杂格局。
Seoul's bourse registered a 1.5% advance, Shanghai's market climbed 1.1%, whereas Paris's exchange suffered a 1.7% decline.
首尔股市录得1.5%的涨幅,上海股市上扬1.1%,而巴黎股市则下挫1.7%。