据道琼斯3月7日消息,原油期货周二小幅走低,因为投资者在等待库存数据,预期将显示原油库存上升。
纽约商业交易所四月交割的轻质低硫原油期货下跌6美分,至每桶53.14美元,跌幅0.1%,盘中一度最高升至53.80美元,之后逆转升势。布伦特原油期货下跌9美分,至每桶55.92美元,跌幅0.2%。
接受《华尔街日报》调查的分析师预计,美国能源情报署(EIA)周三将公布的数据料显示,截至3月3日一周美国原油库存上升170万桶。
唐绍红摘译自道琼斯
原文如下:
Oil Retreats Ahead of Inventory Data
By Stephanie Yang and Kevin Baxter
Oil prices edged lower Tuesday as investors awaited inventory data expected to show an increase in crude-oil stockpiles.
Light, sweet crude for April delivery fell 6 cents, or 0.1%, to $53.14 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, reversing gains after trading as high as $53.80 a barrel earlier in the session. Brent, the global benchmark, lost 9 cents, or 0.2%, to $55.92 a barrel.
Inventory data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration is expected to show an increase of 1.7 million barrels in the week ended March 3, according to the average forecast from traders and analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal.