据道琼斯1月14日消息,周三国际油价从近来的大跌中强劲反弹,创下逾两年来最大单日百分比涨幅。
分析师们表示,买家在周二美国油价跌破每桶45美元后开始进场。周三原油期货在临近尾盘时强劲上涨,因纽约商交所二月交割的原油期权合约到期。交易商们持有大量价位介于每桶44美元至50美元间的二月交割期权合约,由于交易商们在周三了结或重新投入这些头寸,造成市场剧烈波动。
伦敦ICE交易所的布伦特原油期货结算价上涨2.1美元,至每桶48.69美元,涨幅4.5%。
纽约商交所的原油期货价格上涨2.59美元,至每桶48.48美元,涨幅5.6%。
这两种原油期货皆缔造2012年6月以来最大单日百分比涨幅,也是12月以来最大单日金额涨幅。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Beaten-Down Oil Prices Rise Sharply
By Nicole Friedman
Oil prices rebounded Wednesday from recent steep declines, posting their largest one-day percentage gain in more than two years.
Buyers entered the market after U.S. prices fell below $45 a barrel on Tuesday, analysts said. On Wednesday, futures surged into the settlement, when the front-month February Nymex oil options contract expired. Traders had large positions in February options between $44 and $50 a barrel, making trading volatile Wednesday as market participants closed or rolled over those positions.
Brent, the global benchmark, settled up $2.10, or 4.5%, at $48.69 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
The U.S. benchmark rose $2.59, or 5.6%, to $48.48 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Both contracts posted their biggest one-day percentage gain since June 2012 and their largest one-day dollar gain since December.