據路透社8月8日利雅得報道，由于石化產品生產商從波動的石油價格中獲益，沙特阿拉伯的石化工業的第二季度收益超過了預期，但是，這些石化公司在今年下半年不太可能還是那么幸運。

　　沙特阿拉伯14個上市石化公司過去幾周中宣布的第二季度合并后的凈利潤同比下降了20%至68億里亞爾（18億美元）但是，它們超過了分析師們的預測，后者平均預測將下降40%。

　　兩家石化公司第二季度盈利，而分析師們曾預測這兩家石化公司將虧損。其中一家盈利石化公司是沙特基礎工業公司麾下的子公司沙特卡揚石化公司，第二季度獲得了9100萬里亞爾（2430萬美元）的凈利潤，從而結束了連續5個季度的虧損并超過了分析師們平均估計虧損1842萬里亞爾（4911萬美元）。

　　這對沙特證券交易所來說是一個好消息。石化公司在沙特證券交易所的3850億美元的市值中占到大約四分之一。

　　李峻 編譯

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