VIENNA – The basket of crude oil used as a benchmark indicator by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries increased to $75.17, the OPEC Secretariat said on Friday.
OPEC said the price of its basket went up by $1.45 on Thursday, compared with the closing price at the previous session.
The July delivery of Brent crude opened at $77.44 per barrel at the start of Friday’s trading on the futures market, a 0.19 percent decrease since the previous session’s close.
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