新兴市场股票止步上涨，衡量该资产类别货币回报的指数也出现下跌，原因是中东紧张局势再度升级，推高了油价和美元汇率。
Emerging-market stocks halted their advance and an index gauging the asset class’s currency returns declined as a flare-up in Middle-East tensions boosted the oil price and the dollar.
MSCI新兴市场股票指数在连续五天后仅出现第二个交易日下跌，跌幅为1%；韩国Kospi指数则下滑2%，创下本月迄今最差表现。与此同时，发展中国家货币指数下跌0.1%，匈牙利等石油进口国的货币领跌。
The MSCI Inc. gauge for EM stocks fell for only the second day in five, declining 1%, with South Korea’s Kospi Index slipping 2%, its worst day so far this month. A concurrent index for developing-nation currencies fell 0.1%, with the units of oil-importers such as Hungary leading the retreat.
最新的地缘政治紧张局势升级源于伊朗，该国加快了在霍尔木兹海峡对油轮的袭击频率，导致布伦特原油价格升至每桶101美元以上。而此次袭击发生之际，经由全球最重要能源水道之一的石油运输量也终于恢复到战前水平附近。
The latest flare-up in geopolitical tensions comes from Iran, which ratcheted up the pace of attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, sending Brent crude prices to more than $101 per barrel. The attacks come just as as oil shipments through one of the world’s most important energy waterways finally return to near prewar levels.
此外，在印度央行近四年首次加息后，印度卢比对美元汇率下跌0.3%。由于央行未能采取更激进的措施收紧流动性并支撑货币，令交易员感到失望。波兰预计将于周三晚些时候维持利率不变，而波兰兹罗提兑欧元汇率则持续走弱。
Elsewhere, India’s rupee slumped 0.3% against the dollar after the central bank raised interest rates for the first time in almost four years. The lack of more aggressive steps to tighten liquidity and support the currency left traders disappointed. Poland is expected to hold rates unchanged later on Wednesday, with the zloty tracking lower against the euro.
在信贷市场方面，喀麦隆通过标准渣打银行安排的一笔3亿美元融资，扩大了其2033年欧元债券的规模。与此同时，塞内加尔在与国际货币基金组织主持的债权人初步会议上，提出了一个雄心勃勃的时间表，计划重组数十亿美元的债务。
In credit markets, Cameroon raised the size of its 2033 eurobond via a $300 million tap arranged by Standard Chartered Plc. Meanwhile, Senegal laid out an ambitious timeline to restructure billions of dollars of debt during an initial meeting with creditors hosted by the International Monetary Fund.
尽管周三市场出现回调，但富兰克林·坦普尔顿集团对新兴市场股票仍持乐观态度，尤其是在人工智能领域持续投入的背景下，亚洲地区表现尤为突出。
Despite Wednesday’s pullback, Franklin Templeton is upbeat on EM equities amid continued spending on artificial intelligence, particularly in Asia.
“许多新兴市场（EM）公司在构建支持人工智能的技术方面发挥着重要作用，”Templeton Global Investments的研究主管兼投资组合管理总监Bassel Khatoun在一份报告中表示。“总体而言，新兴市场股票在未来仍具有良好前景。”Khatoun指出，更多新兴市场企业正专注于资本纪律并提升股东回报，同时“当地经济也有各自的增长特征”，这些因素都有助于吸引投资者关注这一资产类别。
“Many EM companies play an important role in building the technology that supports AI,” Bassel Khatoun, head of research, director of portfolio management for Templeton Global Investments, said in a note. “Overall, EM stocks remain well placed for the future.”Khatoun said more EM firms were focusing on capital discipline and improving shareholder returns, while “local economies also have their own growth profiles,” which help lure investors to the asset class.
在印尼当局采取提高透明度的措施之际，FTSE Russell确认了印尼股票的新兴市场地位。该机构还维持土耳其作为发达新兴市场的地位，这为该国带来了喘息之机，此前该国上月遭遇基金危机，导致股价暴跌。
FTSE Russell affirmed the EM status of Indonesian equities amid measures taken by local authorities to improve transparency. It also maintained Turkey’s status as an advanced emerging market, a reprieve for the country after a fund crisis last month that sent stock prices plunging.