West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude, which operates on the New York futures market (Nymex), fell 0.61% this morning and was trading at US$ 75.26 a barrel in contracts with delivery in April.
With a similar trend, Brent oil from the North Sea, in the London electronic market (ICE), fell 0.36% and a barrel was agreed at US$ 81.30 in the May contracts, according to what was reported by Bloomberg Agency.
Meanwhile, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reported that its crude basket closed yesterday at US$82.05 a barrel, compared to US$82.12 the day before, which represented a decrease of 0 .09%