West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude, which operates on the New York futures market (Nymex), advanced 0.93% this morning and was trading at US$ 77.05 a barrel in contracts with delivery in March.
Meanwhile, Brent oil from the North Sea, which is traded on the London electronic market (ICE), lost 0.23% and a barrel was agreed at US$ 83.88 but in contracts for April, according to the agency. Bloomberg.
Meanwhile, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reported that its crude basket closed yesterday at US$82.02 a barrel, compared to US$81.73 last Friday, which represented an increase of 0. 35%