-- 水曜日の欧州天然ガス先物価格は下落した。これは、進行中の軍事紛争の外交的解決を目指し、今後数日中に米イラン協議の第2ラウンドが開催される可能性への期待が高まったためだ。 期近のオランダTTF先物価格は1.69%下落し、1メガワット時あたり42.63ユーロ(50.24ドル)となった。一方、英国NBP先物価格は1.84%下落し、1サーモあたり106.75ペンス(1.43ドル)となった。 ドナルド・トランプ米大統領は火曜日、FOXニュースに対し、イラン戦争は「終結に非常に近い」との見方を示し、イラン側も「非常に強く」合意を望んでいると述べた。 同日、トランプ大統領はニューヨーク・ポスト紙に対し、米イラン和平協議の第2ラウンドはパキスタンの首都で「今後2日以内に開催される可能性がある」と語った。 一方、米中央軍司令官のブラッド・クーパー提督は、イランに対する海上封鎖が完全に実施されたと述べ、米軍が「イランへの海上貿易を完全に停止させた」と指摘した。同提督によれば、この海上貿易はイランの国際貿易の90%を占めている。 ホルムズ海峡モニターによると、ホルムズ海峡では船舶交通量が大幅に増加し、過去24時間で17隻の船舶が通過した。 ANZ銀行のシニア商品ストラテジスト、ダニエル・ハインズ氏は、中東情勢の混乱の中で欧州の主要な競合相手として台頭してきたアジアのLNG購入国は、輸入量が2020年以来の最低水準にまで落ち込んでいると述べた。 ハインズ氏は、インド石油公社(IOC)とインド石油公社が4月と5月のスポットガス購入入札を一切行っていないこと、また中国のガス輸入量も3月に同様に減少したことを指摘した。 これらの動向は、欧州市場にとって好材料となるだろう。ガスインフラ・ヨーロッパ(Gas Infrastructure Europe)によると、欧州のガス充填シーズンは在庫が大幅に減少した状態で始まる。在庫比率はわずか29.55%で、前年同期の35.62%から大幅に低下している。 一方、気象予報も弱気な方向に転じており、欧州の大部分で夏の間、平年を上回る気温が予想されている(Severe Weather EU調べ)。
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