美国就业报告利好 油价继续攀升

据世界石油网站7月2日报道 在周末美国假日期间，油价保持了良好势头，全球最大经济体正复苏，尽管市场对复苏时长的担忧仍挥之不去。

美国劳工部报告显示，6月份美国就业人数增加480万人，物价走强。周三美国原油库存降幅超过预期，以及欧佩克产油国产量大幅下滑，令油价上涨。但是，由于全国各地都有新的病毒爆发的报道，进一步的进展可能会受到限制，促使一些州暂停甚至取消重新开放的措施。

总部位于纽约的LPS Futures场外能源交易主管迈克尔?希利表示：“在昨日原油价格上涨超过预期之后，非农就业人数的增幅高于预期是一个支撑因素。新的Covid-19病例的激增可能会降低人们对事态发展的预期。”

尽管油价已从史无前例的市场崩盘中复苏，并接近3月初以来的最高水平，但燃油消耗的反弹充其量只是零星。一份报告强调了这一挑战的严重性，该报告指出，美国7月4日周末（通常是夏季驾车旺季）的汽油需求将比一年前至少下降20%。

原油价格：

截至当地时间下午12点20分，纽约商品交易所8月交货的西德克萨斯中质油上涨38美分，至40.20美元/桶。

欧洲ICE期货交易所9月份布伦特原油结算价上涨54美分，至42.57美元/桶。

王磊 摘译自 世界石油

原文如下：

Oil prices resume climb on positive U.S. jobs report

Oil kept up its positive momentum going into the U.S. holiday weekend, cheered by signs the world’s biggest economy is recovering from coronavirus-related lockdowns, even as fears linger over a resurgence.

Prices strengthened after a Labor Department report showed that payrolls rose by 4.8 million in June and the previous month was revised higher. That built on gains on Wednesday from a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude stockpiles as well as plunging output from OPEC producers. But further gains may be limited as fresh outbreaks of the virus are reported across the nation, prompting some states to pause or even reverse re-opening measures.

“The higher than expected increase in non-farm payrolls is supportive on the heels of yesterday’s larger than expected crude draw,” said Michael Hiley, head of over-the-counter energy trading at New York-based LPS Futures. “The surges in new Covid-19 cases may dampen expectations of things opening.”

While oil has recovered from an unprecedented market crash and is trading near its highest levels since early March, the rebound in fuel consumption has been patchy at best. The scale of the challenge was highlighted in a report that U.S. gasoline demand over the Fourth of July weekend -- normally the peak of the summer driving season -- will be at least 20% lower than a year ago.

Prices:

West Texas Intermediate for August delivery rose 38 cents to $40.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as of 12:20 p.m. local time.

Brent for September settlement advanced 54 cents to $42.57 on the ICE Futures Europe exchange.