周四，全球市场下跌，原因是中东地缘政治紧张局势升级，以及对人工智能（AI）的担忧日益加剧。
Global markets traded lower on Thursday due to mounting geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and growing concerns over artificial intelligence (AI).
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普发表了一些言论，暗示他在11月3日的中期选举后可能会加大对伊朗的军事压力；也门胡塞武装继续袭击沙特阿拉伯。
US President Donald Trump made some statements implying that he could increase the military pressure on Iran after the Nov. 3 midterm elections; Yemen's Houthi group continues its attacks on Saudi Arabia.
12月交货的布伦特原油期货上涨0.7%，至每桶114美元，而全球芯片制造商股价下跌，市场对巨额AI投资的盈利能力担忧加剧。
December-delivery Brent crude climbed 0.7% to $114 a barrel, while chipmakers worldwide lost shares amid mounting concerns over the profitability of massive AI investments.
英特尔股价下跌8.04%，超微电脑（AMD）下跌8.1%，高通下跌2.88%，博通下跌4.31%，美光科技下跌6.26%。
Shares of Intel fell 8.04%, AMD lost 8.1%, Qualcomm shrank 2.88%, Broadcom dropped 4.31%, and Micron Technology declined 6.26%.
分析师称，对AI投资盈利能力的不确定性及其盈利潜力不明朗，导致投资者保持谨慎，引发半导体、数据中心和云计算公司股价波动。
Uncertainties over the profitability of AI investments and their unclear potential to turn a profit caused investors to be cautious, causing volatility in the shares of semiconductor, data center, and cloud computing companies.
随着全球借贷成本上升，建设数据中心和扩大算力变得越来越昂贵，从而削弱了新项目的经济吸引力，分析师表示。
As global borrowing costs rise, building data centers and expanding compute capacity increasingly become more expensive, and thus eroding the economic appeal of new projects, analysts say.
与此同时，美国截至10月17日当周初请失业金人数降至19.4万，低于预期。
Meanwhile, the number of initial jobless claims in the US fell to 194,000 in the week ending Oct. 17, below estimates.
投资者抛售科技和AI股票，转向国债等避险资产，推动美国10年期国债收益率跌破5%，为约一个月来首次。
Investors shifted away from tech and AI stocks and flocked towards safe-haven assets like government bonds, driving down the US 10-Year Treasury yield below 5% for the first time in about a month.
周四，美国10年期国债收益率下跌约16个基点，至4.96%。
The US 10-Year Treasury yield dropped about 16 basis points to 4.96% on Thursday.
周四，在美国国债收益率下降和对替代货币需求上升的背景下，美元指数下跌0.2%，至101.5，连续第三天下跌。周五早盘，美元指数上涨0.1%，至101.6。
The US dollar fell 0.2% to 101.5 on Thursday, dropping for the third consecutive day, amid declining Treasury yields and rising demand for alternative currencies. The dollar index was up 0.1% at 101.6 in early trading on Friday.
周四，金价下跌2.8%，至每盎司4024美元，油价上涨引发通胀担忧和利率维持较高水平更长时间的预期，施压贵金属。周五金价持平于每盎司4022美元。
Gold dropped 2.8% to $4,024 per ounce on Thursday amid rising oil prices pressuring the precious metal by fueling inflation concerns and expectations of higher interest rates for a longer period. It traded flat at $4,022 per ounce on Friday.
标普500指数周四下跌1.21%，纳斯达克综合指数下跌2.6%，而道琼斯工业平均指数基本持平。美股周五低开。
The S&P 500 fell 1.21% and the Nasdaq Composite declined 2.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded flat on Thursday. American indexes opened Friday negative.
与此同时，受法国持续的社会动荡和油价飙升影响，欧洲股市周四同样下跌。
Meanwhile, European stock markets also traded negatively on Thursday amid the ongoing civil unrest in France and surging oil prices.
随着街头抗议持续，威胁财政纪律，法国10年期国债收益率飙升至5.07%，创2002年以来新高。
France’s 10-year bond yield surged to its highest since 2002 at 5.07% as street protests continued, threatening fiscal discipline.
由于全球互联网基础设施高度依赖的PHP编程语言存在安全漏洞，IT股遭受重创。
IT shares suffered due to security vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language that a huge portion of the global internet infrastructure uses and depends on.
周四，英国富时100指数下跌0.26%，意大利富时MIB 30指数下跌2.54%，德国DAX 40指数下跌1.07%，法国CAC 40指数下跌1.39%。欧洲股指周五呈现涨跌互现的态势。美欧股市的下行趋势也蔓延至亚洲股市，香港市场除外。
The UK's FTSE 100 dropped 0.26%, Italy's FTSE MIB 30 declined 2.54%, Germany's DAX 40 fell 1.07%, and France's CAC 40 was down 1.39% on Thursday. European indexes opened Friday on a mixed trend. The negative trend in US and European stock markets also spilled over into Asian equity markets, except for Hong Kong.
对AI投资可持续性的担忧引发了对数据中心支出可能放缓的忧虑，导致该地区市场承受抛售压力。
Uncertainties over the sustainability of AI investments fueled concerns about a potential slowdown in data center spending, driving selling pressure across the markets in the region.
受美股科技股下跌影响，韩国芯片制造商和日本科技公司遭遇抛售。根据周五公布的数据，日本通胀率同比为2.1%，符合预期。
South Korean chipmakers and Japanese tech firms suffered selloffs after the decline in American tech stocks. Japan’s inflation came in within estimates at 2.1% on an annual basis, according to data released on Friday.
核心通胀率9月份升至2%以上，为九个月来首次超过日本央行（BoJ）目标，助长了加息预期。
Core inflation rose above 2% in September for the first time in nine months, above the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) target, fueling rate hike expectations.
临近周五收盘，日本日经225指数下跌0.7%，中国上证综指下跌0.3%，韩国综合指数下跌0.8%。中国香港恒生指数则上涨0.7%。
Near Friday’s close, Japan’s Nikkei 225 declined 0.7%, China’s Shanghai Composite fell 0.3%, and South Korea’s Kospi was down 0.8%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng, however, climbed 0.7%.