据道琼斯1月19日消息,因投资者担心对伊朗制裁的解除可能使本已过剩的市场供应进一步加剧,周二美国原油期货再次下跌,跌至12年新低。
伊朗已承诺将向市场每日增加50万桶原油出口,促使交易员继续已持续了数月的抛售。但经纪商和分析师说,这种预期中最糟糕的情形可能已经反映在油价中。一些人士之前猜测,现在制裁已正式解除,油价可能上升。
纽约商交所的轻质低硫原油期货结算价下跌96美分,至每桶28.46美元,跌幅3.3%。欧洲ICE期货交易所的布伦特原油期货上涨2美分,至每桶28.78美元,涨幅不到0.1%。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
U.S. Oil Declines as Traders Assess the End of Iran Sanctions
By Timothy Puko
U.S. oil prices declined again Tuesday, falling to new 12-year lows, on concerns about the lifting of sanctions on Iran that could increase its supply into a flooded market.
The country has promised that will allow it to add 500,000 barrels of oil exports to the market, leading traders to continue a month long selloff. But the worst of those expectations could already be included in the price, brokers and analysts said. Some had speculated that oil could rise now that the sanctions have been officially lifted.
Light, sweet crude settled down 96 cents, or 3.3%, to $28.46 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, gained 2 cents, or less than 0.1%, to $28.78 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.