由於市場等待聯準會利率決定，全球股市大多下跌

那斯達克指數當天表現出色，飆升逾 1%，創下歷史新高，博通 (Broadcom)、Google母公司 Alphabet 和其他科技公司大幅上漲。

Global shares mostly retreated Monday as markets awaited a Federal Reserve interest rate decision while concerns over political battles in Europe and China’s struggling economy hit equities.

由於市場等待聯準會利率決定，而對歐洲政治鬥爭和中國經濟困境的擔憂打擊了股市，週一全球股市大多下跌。

But the Nasdaq was the day’s outperformer, surging more than one percent to a fresh all-time high behind big gains for Broadcom, Google-parent Alphabet and other tech names.

但那斯達克指數當天表現出色，飆升逾 1%，創下歷史新高，博通 (Broadcom)、Google母公司 Alphabet 和其他科技公司大幅上漲。

Bitcoin, meanwhile, hit a new record high, reaching $107,115.89 as it continues to gain support from Donald Trump’s backing of cryptocurrencies.

同時，隨著唐納德·川普(Donald Trump)對加密貨幣的支持，比特幣繼續獲得支持，創下新高，達到107,115.89美元。

Investors are turning their attention to Wednesday’s US Federal Reserve decision on borrowing costs at its last policy meeting of the year before Trump takes office next month.

投資者正在將注意力轉向周三聯準會在川普下個月就職之前舉行的今年最後一次政策會議上關於借貸成本的決定。

But there are fears it will have to slow its pace of easing next year owing to sticky inflation and bets that Trump’s tax cuts and tariffs will reignite price increases.

但有人擔心，由於通膨高企，明年將不得不放慢寬鬆步伐，並押注川普的減稅和關稅將重新引發物價上漲。

“How to accurately forecast economic activity and inflation rates, when the President-elect’s policies are expected to have a huge economic impact and could trigger more inflation?” she wrote.

“當選總統的政策預計將產生巨大的經濟影響並可能引發更多通膨時，如何準確預測經濟活動和通膨率？”她寫道。

Investors also tracked data showing that Chinese retail sales grew 3.0 percent last month, much slower than in October and well off the five percent forecast.

投資人也追蹤的數據顯示，上個月中國零售額成長3.0%，遠低於10月份，遠低於5%的預測。

Hong Kong and Shanghai stock markets closed lower after the data release while oil prices fell slightly on concerns over Chinese demand.

數據公佈後，香港和上海股市收低，而油價因對中國需求的擔憂而小幅下跌。

In Europe, the Paris stock market fell 0.7 percent after Moody’s downgraded France’s credit rating Saturday following months of political crisis and the appointment of centrist Francois Bayrou as prime minister.

在歐洲，繼幾個月的政治危機以及中間派弗朗索瓦·貝魯被任命為總理後，穆迪週六下調了法國的信用評級，巴黎股市下跌 0.7%。

Frankfurt slid 0.5 percent as Germany’s embattled center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote, triggering elections set for February 23.

法蘭克福股市下跌 0.5%，因為陷入困境的德國中左翼總理奧拉夫·肖爾茨 (Olaf Scholz) 在信任投票中落敗，引發了定於 2 月 23 日舉行的選舉。

A closely watched survey released Monday showed that business activity declined further in the eurozone in December, though less sharply than the previous month thanks to an upturn in the services sector.

週一公佈的一項備受關注的調查顯示，12 月歐元區商業活動進一步下滑，但由於服務業好轉，跌幅較上月放緩。