-- 周五午盘交易清淡,美国天然气期货价格小幅走低,原因是库存数据基本符合预期,且在供应充足的情况下,淡季需求依然疲软。 近月亨利枢纽天然气合约和连续合约均下跌0.56%,至每百万英热单位2.66美元。 早盘,价格一度触及八个月低点2.63美元/百万英热单位,随后有所回升。 Gelber and Associates的分析师表示,主要驱动因素仍然是天气相关需求的减弱,气温升高导致居民和商业用气量下降。不过,出口需求提供了一定的支撑,对墨西哥的天然气流量维持在74亿立方英尺/日,液化天然气原料气接近202亿立方英尺/日。 该公司补充说,天然气产量反弹至1093亿立方英尺/日,加拿大进口量保持稳定在51亿立方英尺/日,总供应量达到1144亿立方英尺/日,国内市场供应充足。 周四,美国能源信息署(EIA)公布,截至4月3日当周,天然气库存增加了500亿立方英尺(Bcf)。这一增幅超过了前一周的360亿立方英尺,但低于去年同期的570亿立方英尺。根据Investing.com汇编的数据,这一数字也高于市场预期的410亿立方英尺增幅。 尽管增幅超出预期,《能源买家指南》指出,该报告未能为价格提供新的方向性动力。指南指出,下周的数据可能显示增幅略有下降,但随后几周增幅将会加速。 “除非天气状况不再那么不利,或者供应再次下滑,否则亨利枢纽天然气价格更有可能继续受疲软的春季基本面影响,而不是出现更广泛的上涨行情,”Gelber and Associates表示。
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