伦敦 - 周五油价有所回落，但由于美国经济的积极增长和中国刺激措施的迹象提振了需求情绪，而中东供应担忧增加了进一步的支撑，油价有望连续第二周上涨。

周四的数据显示，全球最大石油消费国美国第四季度经济增长快于预期。本周中国最新的提振增长措施也提振了石油需求情绪。

截至格林威治标准时间 1435 日，布伦特原油期货下跌 7 美分，至每桶 82.36 美元，创下今年迄今为止的最高价格，前一交易日触及 82.57 美元的日内峰值。

美国西德克萨斯中质原油下跌 58 美分，跌幅 0.8%，至 76.78 美元。

石油经纪商 PVM 的塔马斯·瓦尔加 (Tamas Varga) 在谈到美国时表示，“经济明显经受住了过去加息带来的风暴，并且在 2024 年初仍然充满活力”，并补充说中国削减了现金数量银行必须持有的储备金是“另一个值得欢迎的发展”。

布伦特原油和美国基准原油周涨幅均超过 4%。两者都有望创下自以色列与哈马斯在加沙冲突爆发后截至 10 月 13 日的一周以来的最大单周增幅。

LONDON -Oil eased on Friday but was heading for a second weekly gain as positive U.S. economic growth and signs of Chinese stimulus boosted demand sentiment, while Middle East supply concerns added further support.

The United States, the world’s biggest oil consumer, registered faster than expected economic growth in the fourth quarter, data showed on Thursday. Oil demand sentiment was also buoyed this week by China’s latest measures to boost growth.

Brent crude futures were down 7 cents at $82.36 a barrel by 1435 GMT, having set their highest price so far this year with an intra-day peak of $82.57 in the previous session.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 58 cents, or 0.8%, at $76.78.

“The economy remarkably weathered the storm caused by past rate rises and it remains ebullient at the beginning of 2024,” Tamas Varga, of oil broker PVM, said of the United States, adding that China’s cut to the amount of cash reserves banks must hold was “another welcome development”.

Brent crude and the U.S. benchmark were set for weekly gains of more than 4%. Both were on track for their biggest weekly increase since the week ending Oct. 13 after the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.