-- 週三盤後交易中,受美國和伊朗即將達成結束中東衝突的框架協議的報告影響,歐洲、中東和非洲地區(EMEA)原油期貨價格延續跌勢。川普總統表示,最終協議的達成已取得「巨大進展」。 布蘭特原油期貨下跌6.85%,至每桶110.38美元;穆爾班原油期貨下跌7.63%,至每桶97.88美元。 三菱日聯金融集團(MUFG)研究分析師金秀珍(Soojin Kim)表示,對伊朗港口的海上封鎖仍然有效,「導致供應中斷程度居高不下」。 金秀珍還表示:“美國官員確認,儘管海灣地區近期發生襲擊事件,但停火協議仍然有效,這表明軍事衝突再次升級的可能性降低。” 週三,川普總統表示,美國將暫停護送船隻通過霍爾木茲海峽的行動,這標誌著在達成最終伊朗協議方面取得了進展。 據報道,美國官員認為華盛頓即將達成一份僅有一頁、包含14項要點的諒解備忘錄,以結束戰爭並為更詳細的核談判建立框架。 川普政府預計伊朗將在未來48小時內對幾個關鍵點作出回應,但目前尚未達成任何協議。 川普在Truth Social網站上發文表示:“假設伊朗同意做出已達成的讓步——這或許是一個很大的假設——那麼這場已經名聲大噪的‘史詩級憤怒’(Epic Fury)將會結束,而高效的封鎖將使霍爾木茲海峽對包括伊朗在內的所有國家開放。” 根據媒體報道,身為美伊談判調解人的巴基斯坦表示,雙方即將就一份僅有一頁的諒解備忘錄達成協議。同時,伊朗正在審查美國提出的新方案,並將很快透過巴基斯坦傳達其回應。 Rystad分析師表示,有關可能達成協議的報告越來越可信。巴基斯坦外交部表示,預計「很快」就能找到解決方案,而美國則預期伊朗將在48小時內做出回應。 Rystad首席石油分析師Paola Rodriguez-Masiu表示:“協議的宣布將立即進一步推動期貨價格上漲,事實上,即使只是達成協議的可能性,也已經引發了油價下跌。然而,現貨市場的運作並不受政治時間表的左右。” 自中東衝突爆發以來,由於經由霍爾木茲海峽的船隻交通中斷,全球能源供應損失加劇,市場動盪,油價上漲。週二,川普表示,美國將暫時停止“自由計畫”,理由是與伊朗的談判取得了進展。 展望未來,Kim表示,儘管外交前景有所改善,但美國原油庫存趨緊和持續存在的中東供應風險仍將繼續支撐油價。 美國能源資訊署(EIA)表示,截至5月1日當週,美國石油產品出口總量達到創紀錄的820萬桶/日。根據EIA的周度數據,這一數字高於前一周的770萬桶/日。
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