油价将出现今年最大的月度下跌

据彭博社5月31日报道，石油价格将迎来今年最大的月度下跌，这盖过了人们对波斯湾政治紧张局势升级的担忧。

周五，纽约和伦敦期货价格跌至两个多月来的最低水平。与此同时，美国汽油库存增加，反驳了有关石油市场正在收紧的猜测。

本月油价回落表明，今年以来一直困扰原油市场的供应问题正让位于对需求的担忧。尽管欧佩克及其盟国正在减产，但对全球经济健康状况的担忧正在压低油价。

法国巴黎银行大宗商品市场策略主管Harry Tchilinguirian表示："贸易紧张局势再度升温，令风险资产价格承压。"

纽约商品交易所WTI原油价格7月份一度下跌1.76美元，至每桶54.83美元，跌幅3.1%，为[calendarclick]3月8日以来的最低水平。截至当地时间[calendarclick]上午8点49分，该合约的成交价为55.33美元，本周的跌幅为5.6%，5月份的跌幅为13%。

伦敦ICE期货欧洲交易所7月份交割的布伦特原油价格下跌1.89美元，跌幅2.8%，至每桶64.98美元，此前曾下跌3.7%。全球基准原油价格较WTI每桶溢价9.67美元。

孔丽炜摘译自彭博社

原文如下：

Oil Heads for Biggest Monthly Slump This Year

Oil headed for its biggest monthly slump this year overshadowed concern over rising political tensions in the Persian Gulf.

Futures slipped to the lowest in more than two months in New York and London on Friday.?Meanwhile, a jump in U.S. gasoline inventories countered speculation that oil markets are tightening.

Oil’s pullback this month illustrates that the supply issues that have preoccupied crude markets for much of this year are giving way to concerns about demand. Even though OPEC and its allies are reducing output,?but fears over the health of the global economy are pushing prices lower.

“Renewed trade tensions have weighed on the price of risk assets,” said Harry Tchilinguirian, head of commodity-markets strategy at BNP Paribas SA.

West Texas Intermediate crude for July fell as much as $1.76, or 3.1%, to $54.83 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest since [calendarclick]March 8. The contract traded at $55.33 as of [calendarclick]8:49 a.m. local time, taking its decline this week to 5.6% and its slump in May to 13%.

Brent for July settlement retreated $1.89, or 2.8%, to $64.98 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures Europe exchange after earlier falling 3.7%. The global benchmark crude was trading at a premium of $9.67 a barrel to WTI.