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Oil prices keep rising, and Wall Street stocks are falling.

Oil prices keep rising, and Wall Street stocks are falling.

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September 8th, 2026

Oil prices keep rising, and Wall Street stocks are falling.

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US stocks fell after trading started again on Tuesday.

美國股市在週二恢復交易後下跌

The market was closed for three days before.

市場之前關閉了三天

The conflict in the Middle East made oil prices higher.

中東的衝突油價變高

This put pressure on the market.

市場感到壓力

The S&P 500 index fell by 0.6 percent.

標普500指數跌了0.6%

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 628 points. That was a drop of 1.2 percent.

道瓊工業指數跌了628點跌幅是1.2%

The Nasdaq Composite index fell by 0.3 percent.

那斯達克綜合指數跌了0.3%

Brent oil once rose to $99.46 per barrel.

布蘭特原油一度漲到每桶99.46美元

Then it went back to $97.92, up 0.9%.

之後回到97.92美元漲了0.9%

Oil prices have been rising since about $72 in early July.

油價從7月初約72美元開始一直上漲

The reason is that the war in Iran got worse.

原因是伊朗戰爭變得更嚴重

The world's oil supply is blocked.

全球的石油供應受到阻礙

Higher oil prices make the market worry more about high inflation.

油價變高市場更擔心高通膨

There are two inflation reports this week, and people are watching closely.

本週兩份通膨報告大家很注意

On Thursday, the US government will release August's wholesale inflation data.

週四美國政府會發布8月的批發通膨數據

Economists think it will rise from 4.7% in July to 5.4%.

經濟學家認為會從7月的4.7%升到5.4%

On Friday, the consumer price report will come out.

週五會發布消費者物價報告

People expect it to drop from 3.4% to 3.3%.

大家預期會從3.4%降到3.3%

But this number is still much higher than the Fed's 2% goal.

但是這個數字還是遠高於聯準會的2%目標

This data is the last information before the Fed's meeting next week.

這些數據聯準會下週會議最後的資訊

Traders think the chance of a rate increase at the September 16 meeting is near 60%.

交易員認為9月16日的會議升息機會接近60%

US President Trump is pushing for lower rates.

美國總統川普在推動降息

The Fed's new chair, Kevin Warsh, wants to give fewer clues about rate plans.

聯準會新任主席凱文·沃什希望少透露利率計畫的線索

The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.79%.

10年期公債殖利率升到4.79%

This is close to the highest level since autumn 2023.

這是接近2023年秋天以來最高的水準

For individual stocks, Boston Scientific fell 5.9%.

在個股方面波士頓科學公司跌了5.9%

The reason is that a cybersecurity event hurt sales expectations.

原因是網路安全事件影響了銷售預期

Novartis's stock in the US fell 13.9%.

諾華製藥在美國的股票跌了13.9%

Because its treatment study results were disappointing.

因為它的療法研究結果讓人失望

Qualcomm rose 3.2%.

高通漲了3.2%

It said it will work with Amazon to build AI data centers.

它宣布與亞馬遜合作建設AI資料中心

In overseas stock markets, the Nikkei 225 index fell by 1.7%.

在海外股市日經225指數跌了1.7%

The yen got stronger, so exporters became less valuable.

原因是日圓升值,讓出口商的價值變低

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell by 0.4%.

香港恆生指數跌了0.4%

Shanghai's SSE index rose by 0.2%.

上海上證指數漲了0.2%

China sent more goods to other countries in August. It was 25% more than in the same month last year.

因為中國8月出口比去年同月增加25%

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