据道琼斯5月5日消息,因加拿大森林大火对一家主要石油生产商造成威胁,美国原油期货周四短暂升至年内高点,但因交易员仍认为高库存将打压油价,油价涨势之后回落。
纽约商交所六月交割的轻质低硫原油期货结算价上涨54美分,至每桶44.32美元,涨幅1.2%,早些时候涨幅一度达5.2%。ICE欧洲期货交易所的布伦特原油期货上涨39美分,至每桶45.01美元,涨幅0.9%,早些时候的涨幅一度高达4.8%。
油价上涨主要导因于对全球两个产油地区生产中断的担忧。利比亚东部和西部之间的政治冲突可能破坏联合国在当地组建的政府,并威胁到利比亚的原油产量。另外,由于艾伯塔省的森林大火,几家加拿大油砂公司关闭或减产。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Oil Pulls Back After Approaching 2016 Highs
By Timothy Puko
U.S. oil briefly reached some of its highest prices of the year Thursday as Canadian wildfires threatened a major oil producer, but the rally faded throughout the day with traders still confident of heavy stockpiles.
Light, sweet crude for June delivery settled up 54 cents, or 1.2%, to $44.32 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down from gains that had reached 5.2% in morning trade. Brent, the global benchmark, gained 39 cents, or 0.9%, to $45.01 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe, down from earlier gains of 4.8%.
The gains came primarily from fear of outages in two parts of the world. Political infighting between factions in the east and west of Libya could destroy the U.N.-created government there and threaten its crude output. And several Canadian oil-sands companies are shutting down or slowing operations because of fires in Alberta.