High level of crude oil soaring for the first time in seven years ... What is happening in the "Drone War" in the background in the Middle East

On January 19, the price of crude oil futures rose, the highest level in about seven years and two months.

In addition to the view that the normalization of the global economy will continue to increase in demand, the background is that the pace of increased production of crude oil is not sufficient.

In response, the stock market has expanded its sales due to concerns about rising prices due to rising crude oil prices, resulting in a full -fledged development.The average stock price dropped further in the afternoon, and the lowering width exceeded 900 yen.

The rise in long -term interest rates in the United States and the significant cheaper US stocks also worsened investor psychology.

The average stock price was 790 yen 2 yen cheaper than the 18th, and the transaction was completed at 27,467 yen 23 yen, and it was under 27,500 yen for the first time in about five months.

Yurika Mita Caster: Ask Fuji TV Kazama commentary.What do you see in this background, soaring the price of crude oil futures?

Jin Kazama: The Middle East's "geopolitical risk" was strongly aware.On the 17th, Yemen's parent Iran armed organization attacked Abu Dhabi oil facilities, and Saudi Arabia and others bombed Yemen.That is the direct trigger, but I think the alerts of geopolitical risk will continue to smolder.Because it ’s the era of the Drone War.

Kazama Shin commentator: A kind of drone used by armed organizations is used by consumer technology and parts, the price is cheap, but it is fully fulfilled for a certain military purpose.Since it was used in Saudi oil facility attacks in 2019, it has been working on armed conflicts in Africa and Central Asia as well as the Middle East.If you attach a bomb instead of a camera to a private drone, the simplicity of becoming a suicide bomber reduces the hurdle to the attack and increases the risk.It is not another person's affair because the gasoline price in Japan will be swayed around.

Mita Caster: It also affects the recovery of the world economy.There are concerns about the future of the Middle East.

("Live News α" January 19 broadcast)