沙特阿拉伯石化工业第二季度收益超过预期

　　据路透社8月8日利雅得报道，由于石化产品生产商从波动的石油价格中获益，沙特阿拉伯的石化工业的第二季度收益超过了预期，但是，这些石化公司在今年下半年不太可能还是那么幸运。

　　沙特阿拉伯14个上市石化公司过去几周中宣布的第二季度合并后的净利润同比下降了20%至68亿里亚尔（18亿美元）但是，它们超过了分析师们的预测，后者平均预测将下降40%。

　　两家石化公司第二季度盈利，而分析师们曾预测这两家石化公司将亏损。其中一家盈利石化公司是沙特基础工业公司麾下的子公司沙特卡扬石化公司，第二季度获得了9100万里亚尔（2430万美元）的净利润，从而结束了连续5个季度的亏损并超过了分析师们平均估计亏损1842万里亚尔（4911万美元）。

　　这对沙特证券交易所来说是一个好消息。石化公司在沙特证券交易所的3850亿美元的市值中占到大约四分之一。

　　李峻 编译

原文如下：

Saudi petchem margins benefit from oil, but not for long

August 08,2016

Riyadh

Second-quarter earnings in Saudi Arabias petrochemical industry beat expectations as producers reaped the benefits of volatile oil prices, but companies look unlikely to be as lucky in the second half of this year.

Combined net profits of the kingdoms 14 listed petrochemical firms, announced over the past couple of weeks, fell by a fifth from a year earlier to SR6.8 billion ($1.8 billion) in the April-June period, but they beat the forecasts of analysts, who had on average expected a 40 per cent plunge.

Two firms posted profits while analysts had predicted losses. Saudi Kayan, an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries (Sabic), swung to a net profit of SR91.0 million ($24.3 million), ending a run of five straight quarterly losses and exceeding analysts average estimate of a loss of SR184.2 million ($49.11 million).

That was good news for Saudi Arabias stock market, where petrochemical firms account for about a quarter of the bourses capitalisation of $385 billion. – Reuters