美国股市周四午盘承压下行，其中标普500指数跌幅0.1%，道琼斯指数下滑0.7%，纳斯达克综合指数基本持平[1]。与此同时，澳股期货指向小幅上升，涨幅0.1%[1]。
国际油价表现强劲，布伦特原油上涨3.9%至82.55美元，涨势受美伊冲突和霍尔木兹海峡通行不确定性驱动[1]。澳元交易价格为0.7035美元[1]，10年期美债收益率从4.63%升至4.67%[1]。
SpaceX股票解禁期满，超过9.11亿股变为可交易[1]。该股当前交易价约110美元，低于135美元的IPO发行价，尽管曾一度触及225美元[1]。
美股企业财报季持续推进，标普500指数成分股中约85%已报告业绩[1]，本期整体盈利增长创2021年以来最强表现[1]。经济数据方面，美国第二季度经济增速为1.5%[1]，6月就业增加仅57000个工作岗位[1]，失业率申请人数上升[1]，通胀率超过3%[1]。分析人士表示，"8月开局极其强劲，但8月仍有很长时间，8月通常是股市波动月份"[1]。
U.S. stock markets retreated Thursday afternoon, with the S&P 500 declining 0.1% and the Dow Jones falling 0.7%, while the Nasdaq Composite remained essentially flat [1]. Australian share futures, by contrast, pointed to a modest gain of 9 points, or 0.1% [1]. The Australian dollar traded at US70.35 cents during the session [1].
Brent crude rose 3.9% to $82.55 per barrel, driven by tensions between the United States and Iran as well as uncertainty over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz [1].
SpaceX's share lockup period expired, unlocking more than 911 million shares for trading [1]. The stock currently trades at approximately $110 per share, below its initial public offering price of $135, though it had previously reached a high of $225 [1].
Corporate earnings continued to roll in across the markets, with approximately 85% of S&P 500 companies having reported results [1]. The earnings season has delivered the strongest overall profit growth since 2021 [1]. According to analyst Clark Bellin, "August is starting extremely strong, but there is still a long way to go in August, which is typically a volatile month for stocks" [1].