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在新加坡时间傍晚时分,美国纽约商品交易所的电子交易市场上, 二月份交割的基准原油价格上涨了23美分，至每桶99.76美元. 而星期四合约交易价格上涨86美分至每桶99.53美元.
在伦敦ICE期货交易市场, 布伦特(Brent)原油下跌4美分至每桶107.85美元.
由于美国经济呈现缓慢但稳定的复苏,原油价格从这星期早些时候的每桶不足93美元一路狂涨.
上星期申请失业保障的人数跌至2008年4月以来的最低水平. 这是申请失业保障人数连续下跌的第三个星期. 会议委员会报告指出其未来经济活动的措施也明显增加, 这是第二个直接的收获.
"这是一个刚开始呈现上扬迹象的市场," 能源顾问和交易商霞客集团(The Schork Group)在一份报告中称,"所有好的积极的经济消息都受到高度重视,而坏的消极的信息都被忽视了. 目前的熊市看来无法让原油价格在2011年底保持在每桶100美元以上".
市场上也充满了世界原油供应的潜在危机, 比如伊朗和西方国家之间就伊核能计划方面的紧张局势. 美国和欧洲会加强对这个全球第四大原油生产国的制裁.
"伊朗不可能会被动地等待实施制裁, 而可能会采取多方行动停止供应原油," J.P摩根在报告中指出. "我们也担心伊拉克, 随着美国部队的撤离那里可能会越来越不稳定".
"我们期望伊拉克能在2012和2013年每天增加50万桶原油的供应, 在现在原油供应的基础上任何变动都有可能会对全球市场产生严重影响".
由于圣诞和新年在即很多交易商开始休假, 上个星期交易量普遍较低. 由于圣诞节,全球石油市场都在星期一关闭.
在纽约商品交易所, 另一种能源天然气的交易价格跌了3.3美分, 至每1000立方英尺3.14美元. 燃油涨了0.4美分到每加仑2.92美元, 汽油期货涨了0.4美分达每加仑2.64美元.
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Oil rises to near $100
ALEX KENNEDY | Associated Press
SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil prices closed in on $100 a barrel Friday in Asia amid expectations an improving U.S. economy will boost demand for crude.
Benchmark crude for February delivery was up 23 cents to $99.76 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 86 cents to finish at $99.53 on Thursday.
In London, Brent crude was down 4 cents at $107.85 on the ICE futures exchange.
Crude has jumped from below $93 earlier this week on evidence of a slow but steady improvement in the U.S. economy.
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level since April 2008, the third week in a row that applications fell. The Conference Board reported that its measure of future economic activity jumped last month, the second straight gain.
"This is a market that just appears to want to go higher," energy consultant and trader The Schork Group said in a report. "All good positive economic headlines are hyped and all poor headlines are ignored. Bears seem unable to keep crude from finishing 2011 below $100."
The market is also primed for potential threats to global crude supplies, such as rising tensions between Iran and Western nations over Iran's nuclear power program. The U.S. and Europe may bolster sanctions against the world's fourth crude biggest producer.
"Iran might not passively wait for sanctions to be applied and could act unilaterally to embargo supplies," J.P Morgan said in a report. "We are also concerned about Iraq, where political uncertainties seem to be rising following the U.S. troop pullout."
"We expect Iraq to add about 500,000 barrels a day of new supply in both 2012 and 2013, and any deviation from its present course could have serious implications for global supply."
Trading volume is normally low during the next week as many traders take vacations around the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays. Global oil markets are closed Monday for Christmas.
In other energy trading on the Nymex, natural gas fell 3.3 cents to $3.14 per 1,000 cubic feet. Heating oil rose 0.4 cent to $2.92 a gallon and gasoline futures were up 0.4 cent to $2.64 a gallon.
