"匯豐股價慘跌至基本盈餘"

該銀行歸咎交易疲軟和美國的呆帳。

上週匯豐股價下跌，該銀行當時發現，其基礎邊際利潤已經向下走滑，並陳述前景「深具挑戰性」。上週三的倫敦早盤交易中，該銀行的股票已經下滑6%。雖然匯豐的第三季總體利潤已上揚了66%，這主要是因為重新計算債務。該行基礎利潤下滑32%，因生意不佳及美國境內的呆帳窘境。

該行有13.7億美元直接暴露於南歐經濟體風險之中。這個數字包括義大利的5.3億美元，該國慘澹的經濟處境似乎不斷加劇地無法控制。匯豐的投資營行部門也遭困，獲利水準下滑超過50%。「交易情形顯示出十月期間有些許改善，但仍十分困頓且持續性的全球市場風暴可能造成更往下走的危機，」匯豐說。

證券經紀人公司HargreavesLansdown證券部主管李察韓特，針對匯豐股價進行評論說，它已經「與高度期望相抵觸。」他強調「匯豐主要仍投資在亞洲經濟體系，相較於其他同業投資於已開發的經濟體系，能持續享有快速發展的成長。」

(Business)HSBC Shares Fall on Poor Underlying Profits

The bank blamed weak trading and bad debts in the US.

HSBC shares fell last week as the bank revealed that its underlying profit margins had gone down and also stated that the outlook was very challenging. In early trading in London last Wednesday, the banks shares were down 6%. Although HSBCs third quarter headline profits were up 66%, that was mainly due to a recalculation of its debts.Its underlying profits were down 32% on poor business and its bad debt situation in the US.

The bank has a US$13.7 billion direct exposure to the economies in Southern Europe.That figure includes $5.3 billion to Italy alone, a country whose bleak economic situation seems to be spiraling out of control. HSBCs investment banking division also suffered, with profit levels falling by over 50%. Trading conditions showed some improvement during October, but they remain very difficult and continuing turbulence in global markets may result in further downside risk, HSBC said.

The head of equities at the Hargreaves Lansdown firm of stockbrokers, Richard Hunter, commented on the share price saying it had fallen foul of high expectations.He noted that HSBC remains largely exposed to economies in Asia which continue to enjoy burgeoning growth when compared to their peers in developed economies.

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