Oil Holds Near Six-week Low With Chinese Demand, OPEC+ In Focus
Oil Holds Near Six-week Low With Chinese Demand, OPEC+ In Focus
Traders will also be monitoring developments in the Middle East, after Israel attacked Hezbollah targets on Sunday and threatened further retaliation for an earlier rocket strike that killed 12 children, while continuing to signal it was open to a proposed Gaza truce. – BloombergOil steadied near a six-week low as positive Chinese economic data helped ease concern over demand in the world's biggest importer, before an OPEC+ meeting this week.
在本週OPEC+會議前，中國經濟數據的積極表現減輕了全球最大進口國需求的擔憂，原油價格在六週低位穩定。
Brent crude traded above $81 a barrel after falling 1.5% on Friday to notch a third weekly drop, with West Texas Intermediate near $77. Industrial profits in Asia's largest economy grew at a faster year-on-year pace in June than May, showing the resilience of manufacturing.
布倫特原油交易在週五下跌1.5%後略微上漲至每桶81美元，連續第三週下跌，而西德克薩斯中質原油接近77美元。亞洲最大經濟體的工業利潤在6月同比增長速度比5月快，顯示了製造業的韌性。
Crude remains modestly higher this year, helped by OPEC+ supply discipline and expectations the Federal Reserve is getting closer to lower borrowing costs. An interest-rate decision from the US central bank is due Wednesday. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies meet a day later, with the market split on whether the group will alter production levels.
石油股在今年仍然有所增長，得益於OPEC+的供應紀律以及聯邦儲備委員會降低借貸成本的預期。美國央行的利率決定將於週三公佈。石油輸出國組織及其盟友將於隔日會面，市場對該組織是否會改變生產水平存在分歧。
Traders will also be monitoring developments in the Middle East, after Israel attacked Hezbollah targets on Sunday and threatened further retaliation for an earlier rocket strike that killed 12 children, while continuing to signal it was open to a proposed Gaza truce. – Bloomberg
交易員還將密切關注中東地區的發展，以色列週日襲擊了真主黨的目標，並威脅要對早前導致12名兒童死亡的火箭襲擊進行進一步報復，同時繼續暗示接受提出的加沙停火協議。- 彭博社