美國(guó)汽油需求減少 油價(jià)下跌2%

據(jù)路透社9月3日?qǐng)?bào)道，周三，油價(jià)下跌超過(guò)2%，扭轉(zhuǎn)了早些時(shí)候的上漲趨勢(shì)，此前有報(bào)告顯示，美國(guó)最近一周的汽油需求有所下降。

上周政府?dāng)?shù)據(jù)顯示汽油需求較一周前有所下降，促使交易商對(duì)看漲的美國(guó)原油庫(kù)存數(shù)據(jù)不以為然，令期貨價(jià)格轉(zhuǎn)跌。

芝加哥Price Futures Group高級(jí)分析師Phil Flynn表示："市場(chǎng)試圖將該數(shù)據(jù)視為與風(fēng)暴有關(guān)的一次性數(shù)據(jù)。盡管風(fēng)暴可能夸大了這些數(shù)字，但它不能證明拋售是合理的。”

原油庫(kù)存USOILC=ECI上周減少940萬(wàn)桶，至4.984億桶，降幅遠(yuǎn)超路透社調(diào)查中分析師預(yù)估的190萬(wàn)桶。報(bào)告顯示，本周汽油需求從一周前的每日916萬(wàn)桶降至878萬(wàn)桶。

全球基準(zhǔn)布倫特原油LCOc1下跌1.15美元，收于每桶44.43美元，跌幅為2.5%，此前兩天價(jià)格上漲。美國(guó)西德克薩斯中質(zhì)原油期貨結(jié)算價(jià)下跌1.25美元，至每桶41.51美元，跌幅為2.9%。

其他數(shù)據(jù)也加劇了對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)從冠狀病毒疫情中復(fù)蘇滯后的擔(dān)憂。美國(guó)8月私人雇主招聘人數(shù)連續(xù)第二個(gè)月低于預(yù)期，表明隨著疫情持續(xù)，以及政府支持的乏力，勞動(dòng)力市場(chǎng)復(fù)蘇正在放緩。

油價(jià)已從4月觸及的歷史低點(diǎn)反彈，當(dāng)時(shí)布蘭特原油價(jià)格跌至16美元下方的21年低點(diǎn)，美國(guó)原油期貨盤中收低。所幸，歐佩克+創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的減產(chǎn)支撐了油價(jià)。

路透社周二調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，隨著需求部分復(fù)蘇，且歐佩克+ 8月份將日產(chǎn)量提高約100萬(wàn)桶，產(chǎn)油國(guó)已開始向市場(chǎng)恢復(fù)部分削減產(chǎn)量的供應(yīng)。

王佳晶 摘譯自 路透社

原文如下：

Oil drops 2%, reversing course as U.S. gasoline demand slumps

Oil fell more than 2% on Wednesday, reversing early gains after a report showed gasoline demand fell in the United States in the latest week.

Futures prices turned negative after weekly government data from showed lower gasoline demand from a week earlier, prompting traders to shrug off bullish U.S. crude inventory data. [EIA/S]

“The market is trying to dismiss the number as a storm-related one-off,” said Phil Flynn, senior analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago. “While the storm may have exaggerated the numbers, it doesn’t justify the amount of the sell-off that we got.”

Crude inventories USOILC=ECI fell by 9.4 million barrels in the last week to 498.4 million barrels, a far steeper dive than the 1.9 million-barrel drop that analysts expected in a Reuters poll. [EIA/S] The data reflects a period during which Hurricane Laura shut output and refining facilities.

Gasoline demand in the week dropped to 8.78 million barrels per day from 9.16 million bpd a week earlier, according to the report.

Brent crude LCOc1, the global benchmark, fell $1.15, or 2.5%, to settle at $44.43 a barrel, after two days of price gains. U.S. West Texas Intermediate CLc1 settled lower by $1.25, or 2.9%, to $41.51 a barrel.

Other data also fed fears that economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic was lagging. U.S. private employers hired fewer workers than expected for a second straight month in August, suggesting the labor market recovery was slowing as the COVID-19 pandemic persists and government support for workers and employers dries up.

Oil has recovered from historic lows hit in April, when Brent slumped to a 21-year low below $16 and U.S. crude ended one session in negative territory.

A record supply cut by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, a grouping known as OPEC+, has supported prices.

The producers have begun to return some crude to the market as demand partially recovers and OPEC in August raised output by about 1 million barrels per day (bpd), a Reuters survey found on Tuesday.