据彭博社8月3日报道，尽管主要市场，新冠肺炎疫情的传播继续对需求构成威胁，但随着更广泛的市场人气的改善，油价逆转了此前的跌幅。
西德克萨斯中质原油期货价格上涨0.9%，周一出现两周来最大跌幅。欧洲股市周二走高，积极的财报帮助抵消了市场对病毒的担忧情绪。
今年上半年原油价格强劲上涨，原因是疫苗的推出让主要经济体得以重新开放，提振了石油需求，并抽干了疫情初期积累起来的过剩产能。由于变异病毒株开始带来更大的挑战，而欧佩克又在推动恢复更多产量，7月份产量增长速度放缓。
荷兰银行(ABN Amro Bank)高级能源经济学家汉斯•范•克里夫(Hans van Cleef)表示:“今天股市乐观，包括石油在内的大宗商品价格也受益。在周一的价格下跌之后，乐观投资者们将此视为买入的信号。但对变异病毒株影响未来石油需求的担忧继续限制了油价的上行。”
价格方面
伦敦时间上午10点17分，9月份交货的WTI价格上涨62美分，达到每桶71.88美元。10月份交割的布伦特原油价格上涨57美分，至每桶73.46美元
泰国报告了近1.9万例感染病例，而在亚洲最大的汽油进口国印度尼西亚，一些地区的限制措施已延长至8月9日。
全球范围内的油价上涨可能会对全球石油消费造成影响，减缓今年年初的反弹势头。
英国石油公司首席执行官伯纳德·鲁尼表示：“我们看到全球需求可能会轻微下降，但我说的是较目前而言，需求会出现非常轻微的下降。”
王佳晶 摘译自 彭博社
原文如下：
Oil rises with equities even as concerns over Delta persist
Oil reversed earlier losses as sentiment improved in broader markets even though the spread of the delta coronavirus variant, including in the key market, continues to pose a risk to demand.
West Texas Intermediate futures rose 0.9 per cent, after slumping by the most in two weeks on Monday. Equities in Europe gained on Tuesday with positive earnings reports helping offset concerns over the virus.
Crude rallied strongly in the first half of the year as the rollout of vaccines allowed major economies to reopen, boosting oil demand and draining the glut built up during the initial wave of the pandemic. The pace of gains slowed in July as delta began to pose a greater challenge, while the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries pushed ahead with restoring more output.
“The sentiment in stock markets being positive today, commodity prices -- including oil -- also benefit,” said Hans van Cleef, senior energy economist at ABN Amro Bank. After Monday’s price drop, “the bulls see this as a buying momentum. But the fears of the delta variant affecting future oil demand continues to cap the upside.”
Prices:
WTI for September delivery rose 62 cents to US$71.88 a barrel as of 10:17 a.m. London time
Brent for October settlement gained 57 cents to US$73.46 a barrel
The rise in case worldwide could be taking a toll on oil consumption worldwide, slowing down a rebound from earlier this year.
“We are seeing probably a slight muting of demand globally, but I’m talking about a very slight muting of demand at this time,” BP Plc CEO Bernard Looney said.
免责声明：本网转载自其它媒体的文章，目的在于弘扬石化精神，传递更多石化信息，并不代表本网赞同其观点和对其真实性负责，在此我们谨向原作者和原媒体致以敬意。如果您认为本站文章侵犯了您的版权，请与我们联系，我们将第一时间删除。
