由于市场等待美联储利率决定，全球股市大多下跌

纳斯达克指数当天表现出色，飙升逾 1%，创下历史新高，博通 (Broadcom)、谷歌母公司 Alphabet 和其他科技公司大幅上涨。

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.

由于市场等待美联储利率决定，而对欧洲政治斗争和中国经济困境的担忧打击了股市，周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.

但纳斯达克指数当天表现出色，飙升逾 1%，创下历史新高，博通 (Broadcom)、谷歌母公司 Alphabet 和其他科技公司大幅上涨。

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

与此同时，随着唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)对加密货币的支持，比特币继续获得支持，创下新高，达到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.

投资者正在将注意力转向周三美联储在特朗普下个月就职之前举行的今年最后一次政策会议上关于借贷成本的决定。

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.

但有人担心，由于通胀高企，明年将不得不放慢宽松步伐，并押注特朗普的减税和关税将重新引发物价上涨。

“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.

“当当选总统的政策预计将产生巨大的经济影响并可能引发更多通胀时，如何准确预测经济活动和通胀率？”她写道。

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.

投资者还追踪的数据显示，上个月中国零售额增长3.0%，远低于10月份，远低于5%的预测。

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

数据公布后，香港和上海股市收低，而油价因对中国需求的担忧而小幅下跌。

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.

在欧洲，继几个月的政治危机以及中间派弗朗索瓦·贝鲁被任命为总理后，穆迪周六下调了法国的信用评级，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.

法兰克福股市下跌 0.5%，原因是陷入困境的德国中左翼总理奥拉夫·肖尔茨 (Olaf Scholz) 在信任投票中落败，引发了定于 2 月 23 日举行的选举。

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.

周一公布的一项备受关注的调查显示，12 月份欧元区商业活动进一步下滑，但由于服务业好转，跌幅较上月有所放缓。