Dầu thô giao dịch trên $82/thùng sau khi có dấu hiệu vá» tăng trưởng kinh tế toàn cầu và khi má»™t báo cáo cho thấy nguồn trữ nhiên liệu giảm tại Mỹ.
Dầu tăng 0.7% hôm qua khi báo cáo cho rằng việc tiêu thụ trong tháng 3 Ä‘ã cao hÆ¡n dá»± Ä‘oán phân tích. Khảo sát ở Nháºt cÅ©ng cho thấy sá»± cải thiện này.
Dầu thô cho đợt hàng tháng 5 là $82.38/thùng, tăng 1 cent trên giao dịch Ä‘iện tá» New York Mercantile lúc 9:59 sáng giá» Singapo. Hôm qua hợp đồng tăng 20 cent hay 0.2%, tăng lên $82.37. Giá tăng 3.8% quý này, và tăng 3.5% tháng này.
Dá»± trữ xăng dầu tại Mỹ giảm 946,000 thùng còn 223.2 triệu thùng, theo báo cáo API cho thấy. Nguồn trữ nhiên liệu chÆ°ng cất giảm 1.01 triệu thùng còn 147.5 triệu, theo báo cáo của Bá»™ Năng Lượng 10:30 sáng hôm nay tại
Dầu thô tăng hôm qua khi giá nhà ở Mỹ tăng, Ä‘iá»u này dá»± Ä‘oán rằng ngành xây dá»±ng Ä‘ang trì trệ sẽ hồi phục trở lại, giúp đẩy mạnh kinh tế và tăng thêm nhu cầu vá» dầu.
Dầu thô Brent cho đợt hàng tháng 5 là $81.32/thùng, tăng 4 cent trên giao dịch ICE Futures Europe lúc 9:30 sáng giá» Singapo. Hợp đồng tăng 11 cent khi chốt phiên ở mức $81.28 hôm qua.
Crude Oil Trades Above $82 on Economic Data, Fuel-Product DropOil climbed as much as 0.7 percent yesterday as the Conference Board reported that U.S. consumer confidence in March rose more than analysts’ forecasts. Japan’s Tankan survey of business sentiment may show its fourth straight quarter of improvement tomorrow. U.S. fuel stockpiles dropped last week, according to the American Petroleum Institute.
“In the U.S., economic indicators are pretty strong,” said Ben Westmore, a minerals and energy economist at National Australia Bank Ltd. in Melbourne. “The improvement in fundamentals seems to be in the fuel products, and we have seen distillates drawn-down. Crude stockpiles are a bit of a worry.”
Crude oil for May delivery was at $82.38 a barrel, up 1 cent, in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 9:59 a.m. Singapore time. Yesterday, the contract settled 20 cents, or 0.2 percent, higher at $82.37.
Prices are up 3.8 percent this quarter, and 3.5 percent for the month. There will be no Nymex futures trading on April 2 because of the Good Friday holiday.
The Conference Board’s confidence index rose to 52.5 in March, exceeding the median forecast of 51 by economists in a Bloomberg News survey.
U.S. gasoline stockpiles declined 946,000 barrels to 223.2 million, the API report showed. Supplies of distillate fuel fell 1.01 million barrels to 147.5 million. The Energy Department is scheduled to release its weekly inventory report today at 10:30 a.m. in Washington.
Crude Supplies
Inventories of crude oil rose 421,000 barrels last week to 351.9 million, the API said. Analysts estimate the government report will show a gain in stockpiles of 2.5 million barrels, according to a Bloomberg News survey.
Oil-supply totals from the API and DOE moved in the same direction 75 percent of the time in the past four years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Crude also gained yesterday as increases in U.S. home prices indicated that the lagging building sector was returning, helping to boost the economy and adding to fuel demand.
The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index climbed 0.3 percent in January from a month earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis after a similar gain in December, the group said yesterday in New York.
Brent crude oil for May settlement was at $81.32 a barrel, up 4 cents, on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange at 9:50 a.m. Singapore. The contract increased 11 cents to end the session at $81.28 yesterday.
