Bloomberg news agency indicated that Brent crude futures prices continued to rise in the trading of the London Mercantile Exchange for the fourth consecutive week last Friday, and continued to rise at the beginning of today’s trading in the Asian markets to approach its highest levels in 7 years before losing part of its gains on the back of indices to a slowdown in the growth of the Chinese economy.
Since the beginning of this year, oil prices have risen by more than 10%, as part of the continued production disruptions in some member countries of the “OPEC Plus” grouping, such as Libya and Nigeria.
The International Energy Agency said last week that global oil demand rose more than expected, while the market boomed as buyers outweighed fears of an Omicron spread.
The price of Brent crude rose in trading this morning in Europe by 0.6% to $86.56 a barrel for delivery next March, after rising by 1.9% last Friday. Earlier in the day, the price of crude had reached $86.71 a barrel, 4% lower than its highest level since October 2014.
The price of West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark for US oil, rose 0.8% to $84.49 a barrel for February delivery.
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