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休斯顿（路透社） - 油价在 2024 年第一个交易日下跌，利率波动带来的经济阻力削弱了因担心红海紧张局势可能扰乱供应而带来的收益。

美国东部时间中午 12:01（格林威治标准时间 17:01）布伦特原油价格下跌 62 美分，至每桶 76.42 美元，跌幅为 0.8%。美国西德克萨斯中质原油下跌 72 美分，即 1%，至 70.93 美元。

周末胡塞武装袭击红海船只后，早盘价格短暂上涨。两个基准指数均上涨约 2 美元，然后回落。

“现实情况是，没有任何原油供应面临风险，也没有供应中断。就绕行非洲之角的船只而言，这增加了成本，但我们并没有失去供应。”Again Capital LLC 合伙人约翰·基尔达夫 (John Kilduff) 表示。

周日，美国直升机击退了伊朗支持的胡塞武装对丹麦航运公司马士基在红海运营的一艘集装箱船的袭击。据半官方的塔斯尼姆通讯社报道，一艘伊朗军舰周一进入红海。

丹麦马士基集团和德国竞争对手赫伯罗特表示，他们的集装箱船将继续避开通往苏伊士运河的红海航线。

更广泛的冲突可能会关闭石油运输的重要水道。

与此同时，交易员降低了对降息的预期，降息以及美元走强和股市走软给油价带来压力。

由于作为全球借贷成本基准的十年期美国国债收益率短暂触及两周高点，表明对国债的需求下降，股价下跌。

路透社对经济学家和分析师的调查预测，今年布伦特原油平均价格为每桶 82.56 美元，略高于 2023 年的平均价格 82.17 美元，全球经济增长疲弱预计将限制需求。然而，地缘政治紧张局势可能会支撑价格。

周日政府数据显示，中国 12 月份制造业活动连续第三个月萎缩，投资者对经济刺激措施的预期上升。

任何此类刺激措施都可能刺激石油需求并支撑原油价格。

（乔治娜·麦卡特尼和诺亚·布朗宁的报道，弗洛伦斯·谭和苏达山·瓦拉丹的补充报道，大卫·古德曼、马克·波特、芭芭拉·刘易斯和大卫·格雷戈里奥的编辑）

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HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices dipped during the first session of 2024, with economic headwinds from interest rate jitters unraveling gains from worries that tensions in the Red Sea could disrupt supplies.

Brent crude was down 62 cents, or 0.8%, to $76.42 a barrel at 12:01 p.m. ET (17:01 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 72 cents, or 1%, at $70.93.

Prices rose briefly in early trade after attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels over the weekend. Both benchmarks rose around $2 before retreating.

“The reality is there are no material supplies of crude oil at risk and no supply has been disrupted. To the extent of vessels transiting around the horn of Africa, it adds to costs but we are not losing supply”, said John Kilduff, partner with Again Capital LLC.

U.S. helicopters on Sunday repelled an attack by Iran-backed Houthi forces on a container vessel operated by Danish shipper Maersk in the Red Sea. An Iranian warship had entered the Red Sea on Monday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Denmark’s Maersk and German rival Hapag-Lloyd said their container ships would keep avoiding the Red Sea route that gives access to the Suez Canal.

A wider conflict could close crucial waterways for oil transportation.

Meanwhile, traders tempered expectations around interest-rate cuts, which pressured oil prices along with a stronger dollar and softer equity markets.

Stock prices slipped as the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes, the benchmark for global borrowing costs, briefly reached a two-week high, indicating falling demand for Treasury bonds.

A Reuters survey of economists and analysts predicted Brent crude would average $82.56 a barrel this year, up slightly from the 2023 average of $82.17, with weak global growth expected to cap demand. Geopolitical tensions, however, could support prices.

In China, investor expectations of economic stimulus measures rose after manufacturing activity shrank in December for a third month, government data showed on Sunday.

Any such stimulus could boost oil demand and support crude prices.

(Reporting by Georgina McCartney and Noah BrowningAdditional reporting by Florence Tan and Sudarshan VaradhanEditing by David Goodman, Mark Potter, Barbara Lewis and David Gregorio)