石油价格创下5个多月来最大单日涨幅

    中国石化新闻网讯 据路透社11月10日报道，随着人们对疫苗即将问世的预期超过了出行限制措施对燃料需求的负面影响，石油价格周二上涨。

    格林威治时间10：30，布伦特原油LCOc1期货上涨45美分，涨幅1.1%，至每桶42.85美元，而美国西德克萨斯中质原油CLc1期货上涨34美分，涨幅0.8%，至每桶40.63美元。

    这两种合约周一均上涨8%，创下五个多月来最大单日涨幅，此前辉瑞制药(Pfizer PFE)表示，根据初步试验结果，当前试验的疫苗有效性超过90%。不过，大规模的面试可能需要数月时间，并且还有待监管部门的批准。

    摩根大通在一份报告中指出:“一种有效的疫苗无疑会改变石油市场的现状，因为石油市场一半的需求来自于人与物的流动。但正如我们以前所说的那样，石油是一种现货资产，必须首先消除当前的供需失衡，才能让一到两年后的价格上涨。”

    沙特阿拉伯能源部长周一表示，如果疫苗供应前需求下滑，欧佩克及其盟友可能会调整减产协议，这个消息也提振了油价。

    欧佩克同意从8月到12月每天减产770万桶，然后在2021年1月将减产幅度降低约200万桶。但欧洲重新限制出行对燃料需求的负面影响，使油价承压。

    根据定位技术公司TomTom的数据显示，伦敦、巴黎和马德里的交通流量在10月达到峰值后，在11月份大幅下滑——该数据涵盖了截至周日晚间的交通流量。

    王佳晶 摘译自 路透社

    原文如下：

    Oil gains as vaccine hopes outweigh lockdown impact

    Oil prices rose on Tuesday as hopes that a COVID-19 vaccine could be on the horizon outweighed the expected negative impact on fuel demand of new lockdowns to curb the virus.

    Brent crude LCOc1 futures rose 45 cents, or 1.1%, to $42.85 by 1030 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 futures gained 34 cents, or 0.8%, to $40.63.

    Both contracts jumped 8% on Monday, in their biggest daily gains in more than five months, after drugmakers Pfizer PFE.N and BioNTech 22UAy.F said an experimental COVID-19 treatment was more than 90% effective based on initial trial results.

    Mass rollouts, however, are likely to be months away and subject to regulatory approvals.

    “A viable vaccine is unequivocally game-changing for oil - a market where half of demand comes from moving people and things around,” JP Morgan said in a note.

    “But as we have written previously, oil is a spot asset that must first clear current supply and demand imbalances before one-to-two-year out prices can rise.”

    Prices were also boosted by comments from Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, who said on Monday the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, together known as OPEC+, could tweak their supply cut pact if demand slumps before the vaccine is available.

    OPEC+ agreed to cut supply by 7.7 million barrels per day from August through December and then ease the cuts by around 2 million bpd in January.

    But the negative impact that renewed lockdowns in Europe are having on fuel demand, kept prices in check.

    Traffic in London, Paris and Madrid fell sharply in November after a peak in October, according to data provided to Reuters by location technology company TomTom, that covered mobility until Sunday evening.