Dầu giao dịch gần $84/thùng tại
Hôm qua dầu giảm ngày thứ 4 khi những nhà phân tích dá»± báo nguồn trữ dầu thô Mỹ có thể tăng 1.15 triệu thùng khi nháºp khẩu tăng.
David Moore , nhà chiến lược hàng hóa của Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. Sydney cho rằng: “Má»i ngÆ°á»i có thể hoài nghi cho dù dầu ở mức trên $85/thùng được cho là hợp lý vá»›i cÆ¡ sở thị trÆ°á»ng hiện nay”. Nguồn cung dầu tại những nÆ°á»›c phát triển “vẫn tÆ°Æ¡ng đối cao”.
Dầu thô cho đợt hàng tháng 5 là $84.10/thùng, giảm 27 cent hay 0.3% trên giao dịch Ä‘iện tá» New York Mercantile Exchange lúc 10:35 sáng giá» Sydney. Hôm qua hợp đồng giảm 58 cent, hay 0.7% để thiết láºp giá $84.34. Dá»± trữ dầu ở mức “cao nhất trong lịch sá»” và không thiếu nguồn cung, Bá»™ trưởng năng lượng Qatari ông Abdullah Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Ä‘ã nói hôm qua trong má»™t cuá»™c há»p báo tại Doha. Äôla Mỹ có chút thay đổi giao dịch tại mức $1.3579 cho 1 euro vào lúc 10:37 sáng giá» Dầu thô Brent cho đợt hàng tháng 5 giao dịch tại mức $84.70, giảm 7 cent trên giao dịch ICE Futures Europe tại
Oil Falls for a Fifth Day on Forecast Gains in U.S. Supplies
Oil declined for a fifth day amid forecasts of an 11th consecutive weekly gain in U.S. crude supplies, signaling fuel demand in the world’s biggest energy consumer may be slow to recover.
Oil dropped 0.7 percent yesterday as analysts predicted U.S. inventories of crude oil probably rose 1.15 million barrels as imports climbed, according to a Bloomberg News survey. It would be the longest stretch of increases in five years. The Energy Department is scheduled to release its weekly report at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow in Washington.
“People may be skeptical as to whether oil at $85 a barrel-plus is justified given current market fundamentals,” said David Moore, commodity strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. in Sydney. The level of crude supplies in developed countries “remains relatively high,” he said.
Crude oil for May delivery dropped as much as 27 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $84.07 and was at $84.10 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 10:35 a.m. Sydney time. Yesterday, the contract fell 58 cents, or 0.7 percent, to settle at $84.34.
Oil inventories are at their “highest in history,” and there is no shortage of supply, Qatari Energy Minister Abdullah Bin Hamad al-Attiyah said yesterday at a press conference in Doha. Qatar is the second-smallest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which pumps about 40 percent of the world’s oil.
It’s “premature” to declare that the current slump is over, the National Bureau of Economic Research’s Business Cycle Dating Committee said in a statement on its Web site yesterday. The body is responsible for determining when U.S. recessions begin and end.
Greek Bailout
Oil rose earlier yesterday as the dollar fell the most against the euro in nine months after European governments offered Greece a rescue package. A declining dollar can increase the investment appeal of commodities.
The dollar dropped as much as 1.4 percent against the euro, the most since June. The U.S. currency was little changed at $1.3579 against the euro at 10:37 a.m. in Sydney.
Euro-region finance ministers pledged as much as 30 billion euros ($40.8 billion) to Greece in three-year loans in 2010 at around 5 percent, after the country’s borrowing costs climbed to an 11-year high. The International Monetary Fund will provide a further 15 billion euros.
Brent crude for May settlement traded at $84.70, down 7 cents, on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange at 10:35 a.m. Sydney time. Yesterday, the contract lost 6 cents to $84.77. The Brent price overtook the Nymex price for the first time since December, based on the May futures contracts
