-- (価格更新) 木曜午後、金価格は下落し、原油価格高騰によるインフレ率上昇と利上げ圧力への懸念から、レンジ相場が続いている。 6月限の金先物価格は、直近で1オンスあたり34.00ドル安の4,719.00ドルとなった。 2月28日のイラン核戦争開戦後の地政学的混乱にもかかわらず、金価格は今月初めから200ドルのレンジ内で推移している。金は不安定な時期における価値の保存手段として知られているが、原油価格高騰によるインフレ率上昇の脅威を回避するため、トレーダーは債券やドルに資金を移しており、これが金価格のレンジ相場を支えている。 「3月の急落後、4月は金相場が安定化に向かっています。投資家は依然として戦術的な姿勢を崩していませんが、会話のトーンは楽観的です。史上最高値を更新した金価格は、機関投資家の間では過熱感、投機性、そしておそらく過剰なレバレッジが見られたと見られていました。先月の下落と弱含みを経て、金価格は以前よりもファンダメンタルズ(マクロ経済要因と不確実性)に近づいたと見られています」と、RBCキャピタル・マーケッツの金・天然ガス戦略担当者、クリストファー・ルーニー氏は述べています。 ドルは上昇し、ICEドル指数は0.32ポイント高の98.91となりました。米国債利回りも上昇し、2年債利回りは4.2ベーシスポイント上昇の3.848%、10年債利回りは3.7ベーシスポイント上昇の4.344%となりました。
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