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Market Mood: 🔴 Risk-Off Energy supply disruptions pushed up oil and diesel prices, compounded by strengthened Federal Reserve rate hike expectations and long-end U.S. Treasury yields breaking above 5%, constituting a dual suppression of rising inflation and rising discount rates, while geopolitical tensions escalated in multiple points across the Middle East and Europe. Drivers: Saudi pipeline closure, Yanbu port suspension, and Libyan oil field shutdowns tightened crude oil supply / Markets expect a 25 basis point Federal Reserve rate hike, with the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield briefly rising to 5.045% / Houthi forces advanced to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, a tanker was attacked in Hormuz, and shipping risk premiums rose / Russia and Ukraine attacked each other's energy facilities, and NATO jets shot down a suspected Russian drone over Lithuania
TL;DR - Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline was attacked and shut down, Yanbu port loading was suspended. - Ahead of the Federal Reserve policy meeting, markets bet on a 25 basis point rate hike, and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield briefly rose to 5.045%. - Houthi forces seized a key Red Sea oil passage, a tanker was attacked in Hormuz.
Summary The overnight information main thread is a dual supply-side shock: Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline was preventively shut down after a drone attack and loading at Yanbu port was suspended, compounded by the shutdown of three oil fields in Libya, causing international oil prices to jump significantly, while U.S. diesel prices simultaneously hit a record high. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve's policy meeting is underway.
Secondary Highlights
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Key Transmission Paths - Saudi pipeline closure / Yanbu port suspension -> crude oil supply tightens -> oil prices jump -> inflation expectations rise. - Federal Reserve rate hike -> dollar and real interest rates rise -> risk asset valuations such as equities under pressure. - Houthis control Red Sea passage -> shipping insurance and freight rates rise -> Eurasian landed energy costs increase. - Russia and Ukraine attack each other's refining facilities -> diesel supply tightens -> diesel prices hit record highs.
Contradictions / Divergences - A Houthi spokesman said trade in the Red Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb Strait remains safe and uninterrupted. - Trump claimed an energy ceasefire had been reached, but both Ukraine and Russia denied it and continued mutual attacks. - There are differences over the cause of the Hormuz tanker attack: Iran said it hit a mine and caught fire. - As U.S. diesel prices hit a record high, Trump called on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries. - Rising oil prices usually benefit energy assets, but against the backdrop of rising rate hike expectations.
Lessons Learned - Driven by geopolitical conflict, the correlation between oil prices and inflation expectations has strengthened. - For key straits, persistent missile, drone, and unmanned vessel risks are enough to change the behavior of international shipping.
Sources Xinhua Finance / China News Service / The Korea Times / El Mundo - International News / Google News - World / BBC News (Top) / RT News / UNRIC France / Al Jazeera Middle East / NBC News Politics / USTR Press Releases / Ukrinform / Los Angeles Times World & Nation / DW (Deutsche Welle)