Dầu giảm ngày thứ 2 sau khi báo cáo chính phủ cho thấy dá»± trữ dầu tại Mỹ cao hÆ¡n dá»± Ä‘oán.

Hôm qua, dầu giảm đầu tiên sau 7 ngày khi bá»™ năng lượng thông báo gá»± trữ dầu thô tăng thêm 1.98 triệu thùng tuần trÆ°á»›c. Nhập khẩu tăng 5.5% thành 9.56 triệu thùng/ngày từ tháng 10. Các nhà máy lọc dầu Ä‘ã hoạt Ä‘á»™ng vá»›i năng suất cao nhất từ tháng 10.

Dầu thô cho đợt hàng tháng 5 giảm 39 cent  hay 0.5% thành $85.49 /thùng và đạt mức $85.60 trên giao dịch Ä‘iện tá»­ tại New York Mercantile Exchange lúc 9:48 sáng giờ Sydney. Hôm qua hợp đồng giảm 96 cent hay 1.1% còn $85.88.

Dầu giảm khi Ä‘ôla tăng so vá»›i euro. Tiền tệ Mỹ tăng làm giảm việc đầu tÆ° hàng hóa thay thế. Đôla Mỹ được trao đổi tại mức $1.3329 cho 1 euro lúc 9:46 sáng giờ Sydney sau khi giảm 0.4% hôm qua.

Đồng euro giảm so vá»›i đồng Ä‘ôla trong bối cảnh Hy Lạp có thể không trả được nợ đầu năm nay, ngay khi các nhà lãnh đạo Ä‘ã cố gắng xua tan ná»—i lo sợ quốc gia này không hài lòng vá»›i kế hoạch giải cứu.

Nhập khẩu dầu thô tăng trung bình 501,000 thùng/ngày tuần trÆ°á»›c. Nhập khẩu nhiên liệu tăng 7.5 % thành 2.76 triệu thùng/ngày.

Dá»± trữ nhiên liệu chÆ°ng cất tăng 1.07 triệu thùng thành 145.7 triệu thùng, tăng lần đầu trong 10 tuần.

Dá»± trữ xăng dầu giảm 2.5 triệu thùng còn 222.4 triệu, theo nhÆ° báo cáo.

Dầu thô Brent cho đợt hàng tháng 5 giảm 56 cent hay 0.7% để chốt phiên tại mức $85.59/thùng trên giao dịch ICE Futures Europe tại London hôm qua.

Oil declined for a second day after a government report showed a bigger-than-forecast inventory gain in the U.S., the world’s largest energy consumer.

Oil dropped for the first time in seven days yesterday as the Energy Department said crude supplies rose 1.98 million barrels to 356.2 million last week. Stockpiles were expected to climb by 1.35 million barrels, according to a Bloomberg News analyst survey. Imports gained 5.5 percent to 9.56 million barrels a day, the most since September. Refineries operated at the highest rate since October.

“Oil was getting a little bit frothy and probably out of line with where the fundamentals are at the moment,” said Ben Westmore, a minerals and energy economist at National Australia Bank Ltd. in Melbourne. “We had a rise in crude stocks, which is not an isolated incident. It does seem that the supply overhang in the U.S. isn’t being properly addressed.”

Crude oil for May delivery fell as much as 39 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $85.49 a barrel and was at $85.60 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 9:48 a.m. Sydney time. Yesterday, the contract slipped 96 cents, or 1.1 percent, to settle at $85.88.

Oil also dropped as the dollar gained against the euro. A stronger U.S. currency reduces the investment appeal of commodities. The greenback was little changed at $1.3329 per euro at 9:46 a.m. in Sydney after falling 0.4 percent yesterday.

The euro fell against the dollar amid speculation Greece may default on its debt as early as this year, even as leaders tried to dispel fears the nation is unhappy with a bailout plan.

Rising Imports

Imports of crude oil increased by an average 501,000 barrels a day last week, the Energy Department report showed. Fuel imports climbed 7.5 percent to 2.76 million barrels a day, the highest level since the week ended Feb. 5.

Stockpiles of distillate fuel, a category that includes heating oil and diesel, increased 1.07 million barrels to 145.7 million, the first gain in 10 weeks. A 1.13 million-barrel drop was forecast, according to the median of 14 responses by analysts in the Bloomberg News survey.

Gasoline supplies fell 2.5 million barrels to 222.4 million, the report showed. A 1 million-barrel decline was forecast.

Refineries operated at 84.5 percent of capacity, the highest rate since the week ended Oct. 2. The gain in refinery operating rates has coincided with a drop in the profit margin, or crack spread, for refining crude.

Europe’s economy stagnated in the fourth quarter as companies cut spending. Gross domestic product in the 16-nation euro region remained unchanged compared with the third quarter, when it rose 0.4 percent, the European Union’s statistics office in Luxembourg said yesterday. It had previously reported a fourth-quarter expansion of 0.1 percent.

Brent crude oil for May settlement fell 56 cents, or 0.7 percent, to end the session at $85.59 a barrel on the London- based ICE Futures Europe exchange yesterday.