北京，11月4日：周三早盘，油价小幅下跌，投资者正等待美国中期选举结果及其对中东和平谈判的潜在影响，尽管行业数据显示，美国上周原油库存出人意料地下降。
BEIJING, Nov 4 : Oil prices slipped in early trade on Wednesday as investors awaited the results of the US midterm elections and their potential impact on peace talks in the Middle East, even after industry data showed US crude stocks unexpectedly fell last week.
截至格林尼治标准时间01:57，布伦特期货下跌26美分，即0.25%，报每桶103.34美元。美国西德克萨斯中质原油期货下跌53美分，即0.55%，报每桶95.56美元。
Brent futures fell 26 cents, or 0.25 per cent, to $103.34 a barrel by 0157 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 53 cents, or 0.55 per cent, to $95.56.
在上一个交易时段，布伦特原油下跌超过1%，跌至近四周以来的最低水平，交易商正在权衡结束乌克兰和伊朗战争的谈判。
In the previous session, Brent eased more than 1 per cent to its lowest level in nearly four weeks as traders weighed talks to end the wars in Ukraine and Iran.
美国中期选举的计票工作正在进行，这场选举将决定特朗普的共和党是否能在其第二任期剩余时间内保持对国会的控制。
Vote counting was underway in the US midterm elections, which will determine whether Trump's Republican Party retains control of Congress for the rest of his second term.
市场仍在关注结束美以伊朗战争谈判的任何进展，因为卡塔尔正加强调解努力，以防止美国中期选举后袭击升级。
Markets remained on watch for any progress in talks to end the US-Israeli war with Iran, as Qatar stepped up mediation efforts to avert an escalation of attacks after the US midterm elections.
一名伊朗高级官员周二对路透社表示，伊朗和美国距离结束战争的协议仍相距甚远。
A senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday that Iran and the United States remain far from a deal to end their war.
一名美国官员周二表示，美国对伊朗奇什姆岛进行了“防御性”打击，目标是用于攻击美国资产的地对空导弹。另一名官员表示，这些打击似乎规模有限，并不预示着重返大规模战斗行动。
The United States carried out "defensive" strikes on Iran's Qeshm island targeting surface-to-air missiles used against US assets, a US official said on Tuesday. Another official said the strikes appeared limited and did not signal a return to major combat operations.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周二对《金融时报》表示，美国目前没有立即打击伊朗的计划。
US President Donald Trump told the Financial Times on Tuesday that the United States had no immediate plans to strike Iran.
“我们似乎正在得到我们想要的一切，”特朗普在这次六分钟的电话采访中表示。
“We seem to be getting everything we want,” Trump said in the six-minute telephone interview.
与此同时，市场消息人士周三表示，引用美国石油学会的数据，截至10月30日当周，原油库存下降了527万桶。路透社调查的八位分析师平均预期，原油库存将增加约88万桶。
Meanwhile, crude stocks fell by 5.27 million barrels in the week ended October 30, market sources said on Wednesday, citing data from the American Petroleum Institute. Eight analysts polled by Reuters had expected, on average, a rise of about 880,000 barrels in crude inventories.
消息人士表示，汽油库存增加了143万桶，而馏分油库存较上周下降了119万桶。
Gasoline stocks rose by 1.43 million barrels, while distillate inventories fell by 1.19 million barrels from a week earlier, the sources said.
海通期货周三在一份报告中表示，柴油库存依然紧张，而汽油库存增幅超出预期。这些数据总体上支撑油价。
"Diesel inventories remain tight, while gasoline stocks rose more than expected. The data are broadly supportive of oil prices," Haitong Futures said in a note on Wednesday.
美国能源信息署的官方数据将于周三东部标准时间上午10时30分（格林尼治标准时间15时30分）公布。
Official data from the US Energy Information Administration is due at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) on Wednesday.