Oil prices rose after the attempted “rebellion” in the Russian Federation
26.06.2023 - 16:30
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Brent oil rose above $74 a barrel after last week’s decline.
On Monday, June 26, during trading, the prices of oil of reference brands increased.
Investors are concerned that the situation in the Russian Federation may negatively affect global oil supplies, CNN writes.
“That’s what nearly happened over the weekend, when disgruntled Russian mercenaries marched on Moscow, after receiving a stark warning from Putin that the country was on the brink of a 1917-style ‘civil war,'” the media reported.
The August futures price for Brent on the London ICE Futures exchange at 8:09 a.m. Kyiv time is $74.04 per barrel. This is $0.19 (0.3%) higher than the indicator at the close of the previous session.
On Friday, June 23, these contracts fell by $0.29 (0.4%) to $73.85 per barrel.
WTI crude oil futures for August on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) electronic trading in the morning rose by $0.12 (0.2%) to reach $69.28 per barrel. According to the results of the previous session, they fell by $0.35 (0.5%) to $69.16 per barrel.
Over the past week, the price of Brent fell by 3.6%, WTI – by 3.9%.
