-- 金価格は月曜早朝、ドル高を受けて下落した。イランが金曜日にホルムズ海峡を開放し、その後再び閉鎖したことで、イランとの戦争終結への期待が薄れ、インフレと金利上昇への懸念から原油価格とドルが上昇した。 5月渡しの金先物価格は、1オンスあたり54.90ドル安の4,824.70ドルで取引されている。 金価格は金曜日、ペルシャ湾岸諸国が供給する世界の原油需要の20%を占める要衝であるホルムズ海峡をイランが一時的に開放したことを受けて上昇した。しかしその後、米国がイランの港湾封鎖を解除しなかったため、イランは再び海峡の通過を拒否した。 米国は和平協議のためパキスタンに交渉団を派遣しているが、ガーディアン紙は、米海軍が週末にペルシャ湾でイランの貨物船を拿捕・航行不能にしたため、イランは協議に参加する予定はないと報じた。両国間の停戦は明日終了し、トランプ米大統領は合意に至らなければイランの民間インフラを攻撃すると再び警告した。 海峡封鎖は史上最大のエネルギー供給ショックを引き起こし、原油価格、ガソリン、ディーゼル燃料価格を押し上げ、航空燃料の広範な不足を招き、インフレを加速させ、各国中央銀行が利上げを余儀なくされるのではないかという懸念が高まっている。 「最近のドル安は、ドル高の再燃とエネルギー価格上昇に伴うインフレへの新たな懸念によって引き起こされている。金や銀は、他の多くの商品と同様に、ドル、債券利回り、米国の金利予想への波及効果を考慮すると、中東情勢の動向に非常に敏感である」と、サクソバンクは顧客向けレポートで述べている。 ドルは序盤に上昇し、ICEドル指数は0.14ポイント高の98.24ポイントで推移した。米国債利回りも上昇し、直近の米国2年債利回りは3.739%で2.7ベーシスポイント上昇、10年債利回りは1.5ポイント上昇して4.266%となった。
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