Thu Nov 23, 6:43 AM ET  From AP

美国原油供应上升至一月期油价跌22美先，在纽约报59.02美元。伦敦布兰特期油跌34美先，报59.15美元。包括蒸馏油在内的取暖油升15美先，天然气升4.2美先。导致这种价格的原因是美国的油储备大于预期。

蒸馏油虽然库存大于去年同期，但由于今年的暖冬，所以未至大量消耗。可以说，天气问题是此次原油库存增加的原因。还有，欧佩克的减产是否能达成人们还是有怀疑。

随着冬季的来临，从油价的这种走势以及亚洲的买金旺季，是否预示金价还会上升？

Oil prices inch up after previous slide

Thu Nov 23, 6:43 AM ET  From AP

Oil prices fell for a second day Thursday in response to rising U.S. supplies of crude.

Light sweet crude for January delivery fell 22 cents to $59.02 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 1110 GMT.

Trading was expected to be thin as the Nymex was closed for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.

On London's ICE Futures exchange, January Brent was down 34 cents at $59.15 a barrel.

In other Nymex trading, heating oil was up 15 cents at $1.6680, and natural gas was up 4.2 cents at US$7.760 per 1,000 cubic feet.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Energy Department's weekly petroleum report said crude-oil inventories swelled by 5.1 million barrels last week to 341.1 million barrels, or 6 percent above year ago levels.

The nation's gasoline stocks grew by 1.4 million barrels to 201.7 million barrels after a drop in refinery activity, leaving them less than 1 percent below year ago levels. The supply of distillate fuel, which includes heating oil and diesel, is slightly above year ago levels even after a 1.2 million barrel decline that left inventories at 133.8 million barrels.

A separate report by the agency showed the nation's inventory of natural gas declining by 1 billion cubic feet, but at 3.45 trillion cubic feet, the amount of fuel in underground storage is still 7.5 percent above year ago levels.

Oil prices have fallen by about 23 percent since hitting an all-time trading high above $78 a barrel in mid-July. They haven't settled above $62 a barrel since Oct. 1, despite the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' announcement in mid-October that it would reduce output by 1.2 million barrels a day.