Dầu thô giao dịch cận mức cao 3 ngày sau thông tin dá»± trữ giảm

Dầu thô giao dịch cận mức cao 3 ngày tại thị trường New York sau các báo cáo cho thấy, doanh số bán lẻ của Mỹ Ä‘ã giảm ít hÆ¡n so vá»›i dá»± báo và dá»± trữ dầu thô Ä‘ã giảm tuần thứ 2 liên tiếp, há»— trợ niềm tin vào nhu cầu nhiên liệu trong tÆ°Æ¡ng lai.

Giao dịch sau nhích lên chút ít sau khi tăng mức cao nhất trong gần 4 tuần trong phiên hôm qua. Bá»™ ThÆ°Æ¡ng mại Mỹ công bố doanh số bán lẻ Mỹ trong tháng 5 giảm 0.2%, ít hÆ¡n mức dá»± Ä‘oán 0.5% của các chuyên gia trong khảo sát của Bloomberg. Viện Xăng Dầu Mỹ cho biết, trữ dầu thô tuần trÆ°á»›c Ä‘ã giảm 3.01 triệu thùng.

Dầu thô giao tháng 7 đạt 99.56 USD/thùng tăng 19 cent trong giao dịch Ä‘iện tá»­ tại sàn New York Mercantile Exchange lúc 9.04, giờ Sydney. Hôm qua, dầu thô chốt phiên vá»›i giá 99.37 USD, tăng 2.07, tÆ°Æ¡ng Ä‘Æ°Æ¡ng 2.1%, mức tăng cao nhất từ sau hôm 18/5.

Dầu thô giao tháng 7 tăng 1.06 USD, tÆ°Æ¡ng Ä‘Æ°Æ¡ng 0.9% lên mức 120,16 USD/thùng trên sàn ICE Futures Europe. Hợp đồng giao tháng 8 Ä‘ã bắt đầu giao dịch nhá»™n nhịp vá»›i giá 119.35 USD. Hợp đồng giao dịch chuẩn châu Âu đạt mức chênh lệch 20.79 USD sau khi chạm mức ká»· lục 21.80 USD/thùng so vá»›i dầu thô Mỹ hôm 13/6.

Oil Trades Near Three-Day High on U.S. Retail Sales; Stockpiles Decline

By Margot Habiby and Ben Sharples - Jun 15, 2011 6:08 AM GMT+0700
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Oil traded near a three-day high in New York after reports showed U.S. retail sales fell less than expected and crude supplies slipped a second week, stoking speculation fuel demand may increase.

Futures were little changed after climbing the most in almost four weeks yesterday. Purchases dropped 0.2 percent in May, less than the median forecast for a 0.5 percent decline in a Bloomberg News survey of economists, Commerce Department figures showed. The industry-funded American Petroleum Institute said crude stockpiles fell 3.01 million barrels last week.

“The market rallied off the economic data,” said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York-based hedge fund that focuses on energy. “We remain under pressure with the data being what it is.”

Crude for July delivery was at $99.56 a barrel, up 19 cents, in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 9:04 a.m. Sydney time. The contract yesterday gained $2.07, or 2.1 percent, to $99.37 in the biggest percentage increase since May 18. Prices are 29 percent higher the past year.

Brent oil for July delivery rose $1.06, or 0.9 percent, to $120.16 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange yesterday. The more actively traded August contract climbed 93 cents to $119.35. The front-month European benchmark contract was at a premium of $20.79 to U.S. futures after climbing to a record $21.80 on June 13.
Retail Sales

U.S. retail sales fell last month for the first time since June 2010. Excluding the biggest slide in auto sales in more than a year, purchases climbed 0.3 percent, according to the Commerce Department figures.

U.S. crude stockpiles dropped to 363 million barrels, the lowest in seven weeks, according to the American Petroleum Institute report. Gasoline stockpiles climbed 1.13 million barrels to 213.5 million barrels, the API said. Oil-supply totals from the API and the Energy Department have moved in the same direction 72 percent of the time over the past year.

The institute collects stockpile information on a voluntary basis from operators of refineries, bulk terminals and pipelines. The government requires that reports be filed with the Energy Department for its weekly survey.

The Energy Department report today may say crude inventories slid 1.8 million barrels from 368.9 million, according to a Bloomberg News survey of 13 analysts. Gasoline supplies probably rose 1.05 million barrels, the survey shows.

Oil prices are “hurting” the global economy and may stall its recovery, Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency, said yesterday.