-- 週五午盤交易中,原油期貨價格暴跌11%,此前伊朗宣佈在以色列和黎巴嫩停火期間霍爾木茲海峽開放,提振了人們對緩解中東供應中斷的希望。 近月西德州中質原油期貨價格暴跌11.36%,至每桶83.91美元;布蘭特原油期貨價格暴跌9.55%,至每桶89.85美元。 伊朗外長阿巴斯·阿拉格奇週五表示,霍爾木茲海峽“已宣布完全開放”,儘管美國海軍的封鎖仍在繼續限制這條戰略水道的通行。 「根據黎巴嫩停火協議,霍爾木茲海峽對所有商船的通行在停火剩餘時間內完全開放,」阿拉格奇在X頻道發布的意外聲明中表示。 以色列和黎巴嫩週四也同意了為期10天的停火,此舉可望緩解地區緊張局勢。 麥格理銀行的策略家表示,霍爾木茲海峽的開放得益於以色列和黎巴嫩之間的停火協議,但他們也指出,儘管有上述聲明,但這只能算作一項臨時且脆弱的協議。 然而,阿拉格奇表示,船隻必須通過伊朗海事當局公佈的「協調航線」。根據媒體報道,一位伊朗最高國家安全委員會官員也表示,通過霍爾木茲海峽的船隻需要伊斯蘭革命衛隊的許可。 週五,川普總統在社群媒體上發文稱,伊朗已同意永遠不再關閉霍爾木茲海峽。但同時,他重申,美國對伊朗港口的封鎖將“全力以赴”,直至美國與伊朗達成協議。 據報道,伊朗當局表示,如果船隻或其貨物與敵對國家有關聯,則不允許通過。如果美國繼續封鎖,霍爾木茲海峽也將關閉。 霍爾木茲海峽的重新開放燃起了人們對中東衝突可能即將結束的樂觀。這場衝突導致了近代史上最嚴重的全球能源供應中斷。 此外,川普還表示,伊朗已同意無限期暫停其核計劃,並且不會收到美國凍結的任何資金。 麥格理表示,雖然新聞報導似乎暗示伊朗將以解凍 200 億美元換取濃縮鈾,但伊朗是否會放棄其主要手段(包括關閉霍爾木茲海峽)仍令人懷疑。
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