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According to Reuters, Oil prices turned negative on Wednesday, following U.S. stock markets down,
据路透社(Reuters)报道，随着美国股市下跌，油价于周三转为负值7ZV%sjqNxSKn;wdZY。
on concerns about global economic weakness, forecasts for record U.S. shale production and lower U.S. gasoline prices.
出于对全球经济疲软的担忧，预计美国页岩油产量将创下历史新高，汽油价格走低gY.,2Y9]=K@m%qG[9K。

Brent futures were down $1.07, or 1.7 percent, at $60.43 a barrel by 11:58 a.m. EST (1658 GMT),
截至美国东部时间上午11:58(格林尼治时间1658)，布伦特原油期货下跌1.07美元，至每桶60.43美元，跌幅1.7%S^sCp~aD!i。
while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 99 cents, or 1.9 percent, to $52.02 per barrel.
美国西德克萨斯中质原油下跌99美分，至每桶52.02美元，跌幅1.9%Un1+zoWy&73。

词语解释

1.futures n.期货；未来，前途

例句：What futures do they dream of?
他们梦想的未来是怎样的呢？

2.GMT abbr.格林威治标准时间

例句：This number allows me to discriminate between messages from stream 0 (localtime) and stream 1 (GMT).
这个编号让我们可以区分开流 0（本地时间）和流 1（GMT）的消息^plxHqHvay6Tr。