-- 木曜日のブレント原油先物価格は2%以上上昇し、外交摩擦が新たに成立した米イラン停戦合意を脅かす中、昨日の歴史的な下落分の一部を取り戻した。 ブレント原油先物価格は2%以上上昇し、1バレル96.97ドルとなった。ムルバン原油先物価格は4月8日に97.64ドルで取引を終えたが、本稿執筆時点では取引されていなかった。 INGのアナリストは、「中東での戦闘が続き、停戦見通しが悪化したことで、ホルムズ海峡を巡る不確実性が依然として注目され、原油価格は反発した」と指摘した。 前日の取引で100ドルを下回った原油価格は、脆弱な停戦合意が直ちに不履行の疑いをかけられたことで、本日反発している。 INGのアナリストは、「イランが合意の複数の条項に違反したと発表したことで、停戦への楽観論は後退した」と述べた。 この方針転換は、イラン議会のモハマド・バゲル・ガリバフ議長がソーシャルメディア上で、米国がテヘランが提示した10項目枠組みを既に侵害していると主張したことを受けてのものだ。 ガリバフ議長は水曜日にソーシャルメディア「X」に投稿し、米国がイランが提示した10項目提案のうち3つの条項に違反したと述べた。同議長は、レバノンでの停戦協定の不履行、米国の無人機によるイラン領空侵犯の報告、そしてイランのウラン濃縮権の否定を挙げた。 INGのアナリストは、「近い将来、海峡の完全な再開は見込めないため、原油価格は引き続き支えられるだろう。生産量減少や製油所の操業停止に伴う混乱の解消には時間がかかるだろう」と付け加えた。
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