地缘政治风险降温拖累周一油价从三年高点下跌

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯4月17日消息，周一油价从三年高点下跌，因地缘政治风险减退。

纽约商业交易所五月交割的轻质低硫原油期货跌1.17美元，至每桶66.22美元，跌幅1.7%，终结连续五个交易日的涨势。布伦特油价跌1.16美元，至每桶71.42美元，跌幅1.6%。

美国油价上周五收盘触及2014年12月以来最高水平，之后美国带头对叙利亚进行了军事打击。不过油价周一掉头走低，因相对较为克制的空袭行动似乎没有加剧美国与叙利亚政府及其俄罗斯等盟友的紧张关系。

分析师们周一在研究报告中表示，中东的地缘政治风险并没有消失，如果美国重新对伊朗实施经济制裁，地缘政治风险可能很快引发油价新一轮上涨。

张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯

原文如下：

Oil Retreats From Three-Year High as Geopolitical Risks to Receded

Oil prices retreated from a three-year high on Monday as geopolitical risks to supply receded.

Light, sweet crude for May delivery fell $1.17, or 1.7%, to $66.22 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, snapping a five-session winning streak. Brent, the global benchmark, fell $1.16, or 1.6%, to $71.42 a barrel.

U.S. crude prices closed at the highest level since December 2014 on Friday, ahead of U.S.-led military strikes in Syria. But prices reversed course Monday after relatively restrained airstrikes didn't appear to escalate tensions with the Syrian regime and its allies such as Russia.

Still, geopolitical risk emanating from the Middle East has "by no means evaporated, and could soon ignite a renewed price rally" if the U.S. were to move to reimpose economic sanctions on Iran, the analysts wrote in a note Monday.