据道琼斯8月4日消息,因市场预期周三公布的库存数据将显示美国原油库存上周下降,周二原油期货价格出现反弹。
有关中国经济放缓的担忧,加上部分全球最大的原油生产国将产量保持高点,在近几周来打击了投资者的情绪。油价于上月遁入熊市领域,8月份也继续下跌。
不过,油价在周一跌至数月低点后于周二小幅反弹。纽约商交所九月交割的轻质低硫原油期货结算价上涨57美分,至每桶45.74美元,涨幅1.3%。伦敦ICE交易所的布伦特原油期货结算价上涨47美分,至每桶49.99美元,涨幅0.9%。
庞晓华摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Oil Prices Rise But Hold Near Multimonth Lows
By Nicole Friedman
NEW YORK--Oil prices rose Tuesday on expectations that inventory data due Wednesday would show U.S. crude-oil supplies fell last week.
Concerns about an economic slowdown in China, coupled with persistently high production from some of the world's biggest petroleum suppliers, have soured investor sentiment in recent weeks. Oil prices plunged into a bear market last month and have continued to fall in August.
Prices rose slightly Tuesday after sinking to multimonth lows on Monday. Light, sweet crude for September delivery settled up 57 cents, or 1.3%, at $45.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, rose 47 cents, or 0.9%, to $49.99 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.