中国石化新闻网讯 油价网5月4日报道，周五亚洲早盘，油价小幅上涨不到一个百分点，但不足以阻止原油连续第三周收盘下跌，原因是美国经济拖累了市场，需求仍然难以捉摸。

格林尼治标准时间周五上午4时31分，布伦特原油价格上涨0.88%，上涨64美分，至每桶73.14美元。西得克萨斯中质原油(WTI)上涨0.86%，涨幅59美分，至每桶69.15美元。

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本周前四天，布伦特原油连续下跌8.5%，而西得克萨斯中质油本周跌幅超过10%。

随着美国经济数据陆续公布，对经济走弱的担忧蔓延，布伦特原油从4月12日的每桶87.33美元跌至5月4日的每桶73美元。美联储周三的议息会议也令油价承压。美联储在会议上再次加息25个基点，但也暗示如果通胀继续缓解，将暂停加息。人们仍然担心加息会减缓经济增长并对油价产生负面影响，而美国银行的倒闭则加剧了这种不安。

亚洲经济复苏将成为油价的一个重要决定因素，但在制造业活动连续三个月增长后，4月份出现下滑，这一数据仍不确定。

石油市场现在将关注下周的美国原油库存数据，许多分析师预计该数据将连续第三次下降，可能提振油价或帮助止住跌幅。

上周，原油库存今年首次跌破5年平均水平，这一进展未能给油价提供支撑。渣打银行(Standard Chartered)表示，库存与油价之间的传统反向关系已被打破。

寿琳玲 编译自 油价网

原文如下：

Oil Prices Climb But Remain On Track For Significant Weekly Loss

Friday morning trading in Asia saw oil prices in the green with a slight rise of less than a percentage point, and not enough to keep crude from its third consecutive week of closing at a loss as the U.S. economy drags markets down and demand from the remains elusive.

Friday morning Brent crude prices at 4:31 a.m. GMT were up 0.88%, for a gain of 64 cents, at $73.14 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up 0.86%, for a gain of 59 cents, at $69.15 per barrel.

The first four days of the week saw Brent on a major losing streak of 8.5%, while WTI lost over 10% for the week.

Brent went from $87.33 on April 12, to $73 on May 4 as U.S. economic data continued to come in, spreading fears of a weakening economy. Also weighing on oil prices was the Fed’s Wednesday meeting in which it raised interest rates another 25 basis points, but also indicated a pause in rate hikes should inflation continue to ease. There are continuing concerns that rate hikes are slowing economic growth and negatively impacting oil prices, while U.S. bank failures add to the unease.

Asian recovery, which will be a significant determining factor for oil prices, remains uncertain after April declines in manufacturing activity, after three months of increase.

Oil markets will now be looking at next week’s U.S. crude oil inventory data, which many analysts anticipate will report the third drawdown in a row, potentially boosting oil prices or helping to staunch the losses.

For the first time this year, crude oil inventories last week fell below the five-year average, a development that failed to lend support to oil prices, with Standard Chartered suggesting that the traditional inverse relationship between inventories and oil prices has been disrupted.