 VIENNA – The basket of crude oil used as a benchmark indicator by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries increased to $75.47, the OPEC Secretariat said on Wednesday. OPEC said the price of its basket went up by $1.27 on Tuesday, compared with the closing price at the previous session. The July delivery of Brent crude opened at $78.27 per barrel at the start of Wednesday’s trading on the futures market, a 0.19 percent decrease since the previous session’s close. |