据道琼斯5月11日消息,因美元走强,投资者关注现货市场的疲软需求,周一原油期货价格下跌。
纽约商品交易所(NYMEX)6月份交割的WTI轻质低硫原油期货结算价下跌14美分为59.25美元/桶,跌幅0.2%。伦敦洲际交易所(ICE)6月布伦特原油期货结算价下跌48美分为64.91美元/桶,跌幅0.7%。
华尔街日报美元指数上涨0.3%。美元走强令以美元计价的原油对持非美元货币的国际买家来说变得更昂贵。
交易员也关注原油现货市场的疲软需求。摩根士丹利在一份研究报告中称,西非、北海和阿塞拜疆的原油生产商正挣扎于在现货市场销售原油,尽管原油期货价格已经上涨。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
DJ Oil Prices Fall as Dollar Strengthens
By Nicole Friedman
Oil prices slipped Monday as the U.S. dollar strengthened and investors eyed concerns about weak demand in the physical market.
Light, sweet crude for June delivery settled down 14 cents, or 0.2%, to $59.25 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell 48 cents, or 0.7%, to $64.91 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange.
The Wall Street Journal Dollar Index rose 0.3%. A stronger dollar makes oil, which is priced in dollars, more expensive for buyers using foreign currencies.
Traders also considered weakness in the physical oil markets. Producers in West Africa, the North Sea and Azerbaijan are struggling to sell cargoes of oil in the spot market, even as the futures price for crude has rallied, said Morgan Stanley in a note.