-- 金価格は火曜早朝、原油価格の上昇がインフレと金利上昇の懸念材料となる中、1カ月ぶりの安値で取引された。ドルと米国債利回りも上昇している。 6月限の金先物価格は、直近で1オンスあたり99.60ドル安の4,594.10ドルとなり、3月30日以来の安値をつけた。 この下落は、米連邦準備制度理事会（FRB）の連邦公開市場委員会（FOMC）が2日間の会合を開始し、金利決定を行う中で発生した。FOMCは金利を据え置くと広く予想されているものの、イランとの戦争によりペルシャ湾岸諸国からの原油供給量が日量20%減少したことで原油価格が急騰し、インフレを加速させる一方で世界経済の成長を停滞させている状況下での下落である。 サクソバンクは、「エネルギー危機によるスタグフレーションの影響に加え、財政債務への懸念の高まりと継続的な脱ドル化の傾向は、長期的には依然として市場を支える要因だが、現在は市場が短期的な視点で原油価格上昇によるインフレに注目しているため、これらの要因は影を潜めている」と指摘した。 ドルは序盤に上昇し、ICEドル指数は0.24ポイント上昇して98.73となった。米国債利回りも上昇し、金は無利子であるため、金価格にとっては弱気材料となった。米国の2年債利回りは4.1ベーシスポイント上昇して3.844%となり、10年債利回りは2.0ベーシスポイント上昇して4.365%となった。
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