库存下滑刺激周三油价收于40个月高点

中国石化新闻网讯 据道琼斯4月19日消息，周三油价收盘触及逾三年高点，因政府数据显示美国原油库存下滑幅度超过分析师的预期。

纽约商业交易所五月份交割的轻质低硫原油期货结算价上涨1.95美元，至68.47美元/桶，涨幅2.9%。这是该期货自2014年12月以来的最高结算水平。全球基准布伦特原油期货结算价上涨1.9美元，至73.48美元/桶，涨幅2.7%。

美国能源情报署(EIA)周三公布，在截至4月13日的一周，原油库存下滑110万桶，降幅超越接受《华尔街日报》调查的分析师的平均预期和美国石油学会的预期。

张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯

原文如下：

DJ Oil Hits 40-Month High as Inventories Drain

Oil hit its highest price in more than three years Wednesday as government data showed U.S. stockpiles fell by more than analysts were expecting.

Light, sweet crude for May delivery rose $1.95, or 2.9%, to $68.47 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest close since December 2014. Brent, the global benchmark, rose $1.90, or 2.7%, to $73.48 a barrel.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that crude stockpiles fell by 1.1 million barrels in the week ended April 13, exceeding average estimates from analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal and from the American Petroleum Institute, an industry group.

Meanwhile, gasoline inventories fell by 3 million barrels last week and distillate inventories fell by 3.1 million barrels.