亚洲股市周三下跌，美国期货小幅走低，全球市场正等待美国中期选举结果。油价也下跌。
ELAINE LAI HONG KONG — Asian shares fell Wednesday and U.S. futures edged lower as markets worldwide watched for the results of the U.S. midterm elections . Oil prices also declined.
近期股价波动不定，因为科技和人工智能股票遭遇多轮抛售，投资者担心在人工智能热潮中价格已涨得过高。
Share prices have wavered recently as technology and artificial-intelligence stocks have been hit by bouts of selling as investors worry their prices have shot too high in the frenzy around artificial intelligence.
周二选举的不确定性也笼罩市场，不过历史表明，选举结果对美国境内外市场可能影响不大。据爱德华·琼斯分析师布罗克·韦默称，回溯至1970年，标准普尔500指数在每次中期选举后的六个月内均录得正回报。不过，分析师表示，重大变化可能对人工智能热潮产生影响。
Uncertainty over Tuesday’s election also has hung over the markets, though history suggests the outcome may not matter much for markets both in and outside the U.S. Looking back to 1970, the S&P 500 has had a positive return every time in the six months following a midterm election, according to Brock Weimer, an analyst at Edward Jones. Still, a significant change could have implications for the AI boom, analysts said.
“AI交易已担忧融资成本数月，现在可能需要开始担忧控制电网的政客，”SPI资产管理公司的斯蒂芬·因内斯在一篇评论中表示。
“The AI trade has spent months worrying about financing costs. Now it may have to start worrying about the politicians controlling the power grid,” Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary.
周三选举结果陆续传出之际，日本日经225指数下跌3.6%，报60835.36点，创下5月初以来的最低水平。
As results filtered in Wednesday, Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 3.6% to 60,835.36, its lowest level since early May.
OpenAI投资者软银集团股价暴跌8%。日本存储芯片制造商铠侠控股暴跌10.8%，跌幅扩大，因其10月至12月季度的业绩指引未达市场预期。
Shares of OpenAI investor SoftBank Group slumped 8%. Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings tumbled 10.8%, extending losses as its guidance for the October-December period missed market expectations.
韩国综合股价指数下跌3.2%，报5466.83点，存储芯片制造商SK海力士下跌3.2%，三星电子下跌1.8%。
South Korea’s Kospi index fell 3.2% to 5,466.83, as memory chipmaker SK Hynix sank 3.2% and Samsung Electronics slid 1.8%.
香港恒生指数下跌0.2%，报23489.88点，上海综合指数小幅下跌0.1%，报3603.83点。
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng declined 0.2% to 23,489.88, while the Shanghai Composite index edged 0.1% lower to 3,603.83.
澳洲标普/澳交所200指数下跌0.8%，报8812.10点，此前澳洲央行周二加息。台湾加权指数下跌2.3%。
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.8% to 8,812.10 after the central bank raised interest rates Tuesday. Taiwan’s Taiex was down 2.3%.
周二，标准普尔500指数上涨0.4%，尽管该指数内大部分股票下跌。道琼斯工业平均指数下跌197点，即0.4%，纳斯达克综合指数上涨0.8%。
On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.4%, even though most of the stocks within the index fell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 197 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.8%.
芯片制造商英伟达和是推动标普500指数上涨的最强力量。微软、亚马逊和Meta平台均上涨超过2%。大量投入人工智能的几家公司也提振了市场。
Chipmakers Nvidia and were the strongest forces pushing the S&P 500 upward. Also boosting the market were several companies that are spending heavily on AI. Microsoft, Amazon and Meta Platforms all rose more than 2%.
苹果长期以来在华尔街被视为一家对人工智能依赖较低的大型科技公司。但它仍在感受人工智能热潮的影响。
Apple was long seen on Wall Street as a Big Tech company that’s less dependent on AI. But it’s still feeling the effects of the AI boom.
由于人工智能数据中心建设热潮带来的需求，计算机内存芯片变得更加昂贵。这些更高的成本正在影响苹果，该公司表示，预计今年最后三个月每1美元收入带来的利润将减少。
Memory chips for computers have become more expensive because of the demand created by the rush to build AI data centers. Those higher costs are hitting Apple, which said it expects to make less profit from each $1 of its revenue during the final three months of this year.
这导致苹果股价下跌1.9%，尽管这家iPhone和Mac电脑销售商报告的最新季度利润和收入均强于分析师预期。
That helped send Apple’s stock down 1.9%, even though the seller of iPhones and Mac computers reported stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected.
华尔街有些人猜测，民主党赢得国会控制权可能会导致对人工智能发展实施更多监管和限制。但唐纳德·特朗普仍将是总统并拥有否决权。华尔街通常更倾向于华盛顿的控制权在共和党和民主党之间分割。这被视为能降低可能重塑经济的大规模政策变化的风险。
Some on Wall Street speculate a Democratic sweep of Congress could lead to more regulations and restrictions on AI development. But Donald Trump would still be president and have veto power. Wall Street generally prefers that control of Washington be split between the Republicans and the Democrats. That is seen as offering less risk of sweeping policy changes that could reshape the economy.
周二，华尔街的赢家中包括几家报告夏季利润强于分析师预期的公司的股票。杜邦飙升8.6%，成为标普500指数涨幅最大的股票之一，赛琳斯上涨5%。
On the winning side of Wall Street Tuesday were stocks of several companies that reported stronger profits for the summer than analysts expected. DuPont rallied 8.6% for one of the biggest gains in the S&P 500, and Celanese climbed 5%.
随着美国经济在高通胀和高利率的情况下继续前行，预计公司将继续实现利润的大幅增长。
Companies are expected to continue to deliver big gains in profits as the U.S. economy keeps chugging along , even with high inflation and elevated interest rates .
周二一份关于美国就业市场的鼓舞人心的报告显示，雇主在9月底发布的职位空缺数量多于经济学家预期。这帮助推动10年期国债收益率从周一晚间的4.91%上升至4.96%。
An encouraging report Tuesday on the U.S. job market said employers were advertising more job openings at the end of September than economists expected. That helped push the yield on the 10-year Treasury up to 4.96% from 4.91% late Monday.
周三早些时候的其他交易中，国际基准布伦特原油价格下跌0.5%，至每桶103.14美元。美国基准原油下跌0.7%，至每桶95.45美元。
In other dealings early Wednesday, the price of Brent crude, the international standard, fell 0.5% to $103.14 a barrel. U.S. benchmark crude oil shed 0.7% to $95.45 per barrel.
美元兑日元汇率从158.69日元下跌至157.76日元。欧元兑美元汇率从1.1194美元上升至1.1241美元。
The U.S. dollar fell to 157.76 Japanese yen from 158.69 yen. The euro rose to $1.1241 from $1.1194.