-- 月曜午後、エネルギー関連株は上昇し、ニューヨーク証券取引所エネルギーセクター指数は0.3%高、ステート・ストリート・エネルギー・セレクト・セクターSPDR ETF(XLE)も小幅高となった。 フィラデルフィア石油サービスセクター指数は1.4%上昇、ダウ・ジョーンズ米国公益事業指数は1.2%下落した。 セクター関連ニュースでは、パキスタンでの週末の和平協議が決裂したことを受け、米軍は月曜午前10時(東部時間)からイランの港湾への出入りを全面的に封鎖したとCNNが報じた。トランプ大統領はソーシャルメディアへの投稿で、「(大統領がイランの『高速攻撃艦』と呼ぶ)これらの船舶が我々の封鎖区域に少しでも近づけば、即座に排除する」と述べた。 また、石油輸出国機構(OPEC)は月曜、中東情勢の悪化を理由に第2四半期の石油需要予測を引き下げたが、下半期の回復を期待し通年予測は据え置いた。米石油カルテルは最新の月次市場報告書で、今後3ヶ月間の世界の石油消費量を日量1億510万バレルと予測していると発表した。先月は第2四半期の需要を日量1億560万バレルと予測していた。 期近のWTI原油先物価格は3.2%上昇し1バレル99.72ドル、国際指標であるブレント原油先物価格は5%上昇し1バレル99.93ドルとなった。ヘンリーハブ天然ガス先物価格は0.6%下落し、100万BTUあたり2.63ドルとなった。 企業ニュースでは、ロイター通信によると、シェブロン(CVX)とシェル(SHEL)がベネズエラの石油・ガス田開発に関する協定を締結する予定だ。シェブロン株は1.2%上昇、シェル株は0.4%上昇した。 GFLエンバイロメンタル(GFL)は、セキュア・ウェイスト・インフラストラクチャーを64億カナダドル(46億3000万米ドル)で買収することに合意した。この買収により、GFLのカナダ西部における廃棄物管理事業が強化されると見込まれている。GFLの株価は8%近く下落した。 一方、エクイノール(EQNR)の株価は1.3%上昇した。同社は月曜日、取締役会が2025年の自社株買いプログラムに基づき、自社株の消却とノルウェー政府が保有する株式の償還を通じて、株主に対し減資を提案することを決定したと発表した。
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