This is evidenced by the data of exchange trades from the Bloomberg rating.
Thus, the price of a barrel of Brent crude oil is at the level of $ 66.70 per barrel. According to recent data, this is 0.13% below the closing level of previous trades.
At the same time, the price of February futures for WTI oil fell to $ 59.72 per barrel, losing 0.42%.
By the way, the cost of Brent oil last night, December 26, 2017, exceeded $ 66 per barrel for the first time since 2015.
Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform," the Chinese authorities, starting in November, stopped exporting to North Korea any oil products. Due to sanctions against the DPRK. China imposed its own sanctions before similar restrictions were introduced by the United Nations, which regulate the restriction of oil supplies to an isolated country by 90 percent.