Oil prices set for third straight week of declines
Updates prices
By Laila Kearney
July 26 (Reuters) -Oil prices rose slightly on Friday but remained on track for a third straight week of declines due to weak demand in China, the world's largest crude importer, and expectations of a ceasefire deal for the Gaza war and related violence in the Middle East.
Brent LCOc1 crude futures for September rose 15 cents, or 0.2%, to $82.52 a barrel by 0648 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for September CLc1 increased 13 cents, also 0.2%, to $78.41 per barrel.
The gains on Friday and Thursday, which were mainly due to data showing the U.S. economy had grown at a faster-than-expected rate during the second quarter, were dwarfed by broader declines in recent weeks.
The benchmarks have fallen about 5% in the last three weeks. Brent is trading marginally lower this week, while WTI is down more than 2%.
Chinese data this week showed the country's apparent oil demand fell 8.1% to 13.66 million barrels per day in June, prompting concerns about consumption, according to ANZ Research analysts.
"The weakness is likely driven by gasoline and diesel, as rising new energy and autonomous driving vehicles become more popular," ANZ said.
Also dragging prices were brighter hopes of an end to the war in Gaza.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to help reach a ceasefire deal that would ease the suffering of Palestinian civilians, striking a tougher tone than President Joe Biden.
A ceasefire has been the subject of negotiations for months. U.S. officials believe the parties are closer than ever to an agreement for a six-week ceasefire in exchange for the release by Hamas of women, sick, elderly and wounded hostages.
Reporting by Laila Kearney in New York and Sudarshan Varadhan in Singapore; Editing by Jamie Freed and Miral Fahmy
免責聲明: XM Group提供線上交易平台的登入和執行服務，允許個人查看和/或使用網站所提供的內容，但不進行任何更改或擴展其服務和訪問權限，並受以下條款與條例約束：（i）條款與條例；（ii）風險提示；（iii）完全免責聲明。網站內部所提供的所有資訊，僅限於一般資訊用途。請注意，我們所有的線上交易平台內容並不構成，也不被視為進入金融市場交易的邀約或邀請 。金融市場交易會對您的投資帶來重大風險。
所有缐上交易平台所發佈的資料，僅適用於教育/資訊類用途，不包含也不應被視爲適用於金融、投資稅或交易相關諮詢和建議，或是交易價格紀錄，或是任何金融商品或非應邀途徑的金融相關優惠的交易邀約或邀請。
本網站的所有XM和第三方所提供的内容，包括意見、新聞、研究、分析、價格其他資訊和第三方網站鏈接，皆爲‘按原狀’，並作爲一般市場評論所提供，而非投資建議。請理解和接受，所有被歸類為投資研究範圍的相關内容，並非爲了促進投資研究獨立性，而根據法律要求所編寫，而是被視爲符合營銷傳播相關法律與法規所編寫的内容。請確保您已詳讀並完全理解我們的非獨立投資研究提示和風險提示資訊，相關詳情請點擊 這裡查看。
