This is evidenced by the data of exchange trades from the Bloomberg rating.
Thus, as of 8:21 Kiev time, Brent was trading at around $ 54.76 per barrel. According to recent data, this is 0.26% higher than the level of closing of previous trades.
At the same time, the price of October futures for WTI rose to $ 49.24 per barrel, adding 0.31%.
Recall, as reported by "URA-Inform", in the Persian Gulf earlier in the sea flowed about 35 thousand barrels of oil. In turn, the representative of the press service of the Kuwaiti oil company explained that now the teams are concentrating on protecting water intakes at the northern and southern power and water pumping stations in the Ras Al-Tsur area. He also assured that in the future the nearby beaches will also be cleared of the consequences of oil leakage.