据道琼斯纽约9月21日消息,受季节性需求下降预期的影响,周一天然气价格跌至近五个月来的最低点。
周一纽约商品交易所10月份交付的天然气合约收盘价格下跌3.2美分至2.573美元/百万英热单位,跌幅为1.2%,创下自4月28日以来最低收盘价格。
天然气消费通常在夏季结束之时出现下降,因为空调所需用电量下降。业内开始在秋季存储天然气为冬季作准备,冬季受取暖需求的影响天然气需求将再次大幅回升。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Natural Gas Prices Hit Five-Month Low
By Nicole Friedman
NEW YORK--Natural gas prices fell to a near-five-month low Monday on expectations of a seasonal decline in demand.
Natural gas futures for October delivery settled down 3.2 cents, or 1.2%, at $2.573 a million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest settlement since April 28.
Natural gas consumption typically falls at the end of summer, as fewer people use gas-powered electricity to run air-conditioning units. The industry stores up gas over the fall to prepare for the winter, when demand can spike amid robust heating demand.