11:31 - 19.01.2021

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January 19, Fineko/abc.az. Oil prices are changing in different directions in Tuesday’s trading. Brent crude is getting more expensive, WTI, the main trading of which was not held the day before due to the weekend in the United States, is getting cheaper.

By 9:26 am, at the London ICE Futures Exchange the price of March’s Brent crude futures increased by $0.31 (0.57%) up to $55.06 per barrel. At the end of trading on 18 January the Brent futures for March fell in price by $0.35 (0.64%) to $54.75 per barrel.

By 9:26 am, at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) the WTI oil futures for February dropped in price by $0.02 (0.04%) to $52.34 per barrel. Due to the holiday, trading on Monday, January 18, was not held in the U.S.