据世界石油12月12日报道，随着人们对病毒新毒株最严重担忧的消退，石油价格创下三个多月来最大单周涨幅。

西得克萨斯中质原油期货本周上涨8.2%。到目前为止，燃油消耗没有受到奥密克戎变异病毒的任何重大打击。然而信心是有限的。由于感染率上升，一些国家政府收紧了旅游限制，上周四发生的类似抛售活动仍不时出现。

Oanda Corp的高级市场分析师Ed Moya表示：“由于奥密克戎带来的不安情绪有所缓解，而且美国经济2022年的增长前景基本未受影响，原油价格本周表现良好。”

在经历了数周的暴跌之后，石油在11月30日跌入熊市后出现了显著好转。但对奥密克戎变异病毒的担忧仍然存在，一项研究表明，其早期阶段的传播率是德尔塔毒株的4.2倍。

一些疲软迹象正在出现。尽管沙特阿拉伯提高了1月份的石油出售价格，但交易商仍面临亚洲原油现货市场疲软的前景。本周全球基准布伦特原油的即时价差也有所收窄，显示看跌趋势。

价格：

纽约1月交割的WTI价格上涨73美分，收于每桶71.67美元。

布伦特原油2月结算价上涨73美分，收于每桶75.15美元。

美国东部的许多地区，包括新泽西州和康涅狄格州，住院人数都在增加。而在英国，在公司开始要求数千名员工在家工作以响应政府最新指示后，伦敦金融城可能即将再次成为鬼城。

在美国，上个月消费者价格以近40年来最快的年增速上涨，加剧了持续的通货膨胀，并且消费者面临着十多年来能源账单的最大涨幅。通胀总体数据继续增加美联储收紧货币政策的压力。

黎泱 编译自 世界石油

原文如下：

Oil prices see best week since August as virus fears subside

Oil set its biggest weekly gain in more than three months as the worst fears over the new virus strain have receded.

West Texas Intermediate futures climbed 8.2% this week. Fuel consumption so far has escaped any major blows from the omicron variant. Yet confidence is limited. Rallies are still punctuated by selloffs such as that on Thursday after rising infection rates prompted some governments to tighten travel restrictions.

“Crude prices are having a good week as omicron jitters have eased and as the 2022 growth outlook for the US economy remains mostly undeterred,” said Ed Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda Corp.

Oil has seen a remarkable turnaround after tumbling into a bear market on Nov. 30, following a multiweek plunge. But concerns persist over the omicron variant, which one study indicates is 4.2 times more transmissible than the delta strain in its early stages.

Some signs of weakness are emerging. Traders are facing the prospect of a weakening physical market for crude in Asia, despite Saudi Arabia’s move to increase oil prices for January. The prompt timespread for global benchmark Brent has also narrowed this week, pointing bearish sentiments.

Prices:

WTI for January delivery rose 73 cents to settle at $71.67 a barrel in New York

Brent for February settlement increased 73 cents to settle at $75.15 a barrel

Many parts of the eastern U.S., including New Jersey and Connecticut, are seeing a rise in hospitalizations. The City of London may be on the verge of becoming a ghost town again after firms started telling thousands of staff to work from home in response to the latest U.K. government guidance.

In the U.S., consumer prices rose last month at the fastest annual pace in nearly 40 years, magnifying persistent inflation and with consumers facing the biggest jump in energy bills in more than a decade. The inflation headline numbers continue to add pressure for the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy.

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