Oil prices are stable
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At Thursday’s trading, oil prices maintained their stable prices after several mixed changes occurred last week.
According to information presented at 9:20, the price of April futures for Brent oil on the London ICE Futures exchange is $83.62 per barrel. This is 0.06 (0.07%) less than the close of previous trading.
As of Wednesday, the price of these contracts increased by 0.03%, reaching $83.68 per barrel.
The last contracts for April futures expire on Thursday, and the more dynamically traded contracts for May assets are at $82.07 per barrel of oil. This is 0.08% (0.1%) lower than the previous session’s close.
According to information presented at electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), the price of WTI oil in April decreased by 0.02% and amounted to $78.52 per barrel. Thanks to the results of previous trading, the price of these contracts decreased by 0.33% (0.4%) – from $78.54 to $78.53 per barrel.
An increase in US oil inventories according to the Department of Energy caused a decline in the price of WTI on Wednesday. Over the past week, commercial oil inventories in the United States increased by 4.2 million barrels. At the same time, oil reserves at the Cushing terminal increased by 1.5 million barrels.
The oil market was slightly supported by news about a possible extension of temporary restrictions on oil production into the second quarter.
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