-- 周五午盘交易中,原油期货价格暴跌11%,此前伊朗宣布在以色列和黎巴嫩停火期间霍尔木兹海峡开放,提振了人们对缓解中东供应中断的希望。 近月西德克萨斯中质原油期货价格暴跌11.36%,至每桶83.91美元;布伦特原油期货价格暴跌9.55%,至每桶89.85美元。 伊朗外长阿巴斯·阿拉格奇周五表示,霍尔木兹海峡“已宣布完全开放”,尽管美国海军的封锁仍在继续限制这条战略水道的通行。 “根据黎巴嫩停火协议,霍尔木兹海峡对所有商船的通行在停火剩余时间内完全开放,”阿拉格奇在X频道发布的意外声明中表示。 以色列和黎巴嫩周四也同意了为期10天的停火,此举有望缓解地区紧张局势。 麦格理银行的战略家表示,霍尔木兹海峡的开放得益于以色列和黎巴嫩之间的停火协议,但他们也指出,尽管有上述声明,但这只能算作一项临时且脆弱的协议。 然而,阿拉格奇表示,船只必须通过伊朗海事当局公布的“协调航线”。据媒体报道,一位伊朗最高国家安全委员会官员也表示,通过霍尔木兹海峡的船只需要获得伊斯兰革命卫队的许可。 周五,特朗普总统在社交媒体上发文称,伊朗已同意永不再关闭霍尔木兹海峡。但与此同时,他重申,美国对伊朗港口的封锁将“全力以赴”,直至美国与伊朗达成协议。 据报道,伊朗当局表示,如果船只或其货物与敌对国家有关联,则不允许通过。如果美国继续封锁,霍尔木兹海峡也将被关闭。 霍尔木兹海峡的重新开放燃起了人们对中东冲突可能即将结束的乐观情绪。这场冲突导致了近代史上最严重的全球能源供应中断。 此外,特朗普还表示,伊朗已同意无限期暂停其核计划,并且不会收到美国冻结的任何资金。 麦格理表示,虽然新闻报道似乎暗示伊朗将以解冻 200 亿美元来换取浓缩铀,但伊朗是否会放弃其主要手段(包括关闭霍尔木兹海峡)仍令人怀疑。
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