It will affect all aspects, because volcanic ash blocked air traffic in Europe and suppressed fuel demand, and international oil prices fell on Monday. At the close of Monday, the May futures price of the New York Mercantile Exchange light crude oil was $8 1.45 per barrel, down $ 1.79 from the previous trading day; London Intercontinental Exchange Brent crude oil futures in June was $84.23, down $65,438+0.76; In May, new york heating oil futures were 265,438+05.68 cents per gallon, down 6.065,438+0 cents; May futures of RBOB gasoline were 225.44 cents per gallon, down 2.26 cents; The May diesel futures on the London Intercontinental Exchange were $687.75 per ton, down1$7.75 from the previous trading day.
Due to the southward migration of smoke from Iceland volcano, many European countries began to implement air traffic control last week, with only 20% of flights operating on weekends. The international meteorological department predicts that volcanic ash may even spread to Xinjiang and Northeast China in the next few days. Although some flights in Europe have begun to resume, the demand for aviation fuel has been greatly reduced.