Stocks cursed by soccer?

6月股市漲跌'問'世界杯

England's performances at the 2010 World Cup are likely to be reflected on the London stock market, British experts said Tuesday. Researchers examining the link between England's results and the FTSE 100 index of leading shares showed that the index generally goes up if the team wins and goes down following a draw or a defeat. Statistics showed stock markets worldwide were also affected by the World Cup, rising only 3 times in the past 14 tournaments.

英國一項研究1日顯示，英格蘭隊在本屆世界杯中的表現很可能影響倫敦股市。研究人員分析了英格蘭隊比賽結果和倫敦金融時報100指數之間的聯系，發現英格蘭隊贏球時該指數普遍上漲，輸球時則下跌。另有數據顯示，全球股市也會被世界杯影響，在過去14屆世界杯舉辦時，股市上漲僅有3次。

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