Rohstoffe: Europäischer Gaspreis erreicht höchsten Stand seit Ende 2022
Der Gaspreis klettert auf mehr als 79 Euro – Ursache ist die Eskalation im Nahen Osten. Und die niedrigen Füllstände der europäischen Gasspeicher könnten die Preise noch zusätzlich erhöhen.
European natural gas prices reached their highest level since late 2022 on Wednesday, following the intensification of tensions in the Middle East. For the first time since the end of 2022, the key European gas futures contract TTF for monthly delivery on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange rose to 79.11 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh), up from the previous day's price of 78.64 euros.
This represented a 1.22% increase. The conflict between the United States and Iran, over control of the Hormuz Strait, has recently escalated further. The US military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers and sank one in retaliation for Tehran's attacks on a US warship. Iran's Revolutionary Guards then allegedly retaliated with "heavy rocket attacks" on the kingdom of Jordan, which has US allies.
According to the Jordanian state news agency Petra, the army shot down 20 ballistic missiles. The recent price surge has made gas in wholesale markets more expensive than at the beginning of the Iran war, when the notation briefly surpassed 70 euros per MWh in March. The price had been higher last in 2022, peaking temporarily above 300 euros following a Russian supply disruption due to the Ukraine war.
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