Oil prices drop on OPEC’s output deal, but markets to stay tight

Oil prices fell on Monday as traders factored in an expected 1 million barrels per day (bpd) output increase in the wake of an Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna last week. Brent crude futures (LCOc1) were at $74.25 per barrel at 0636 GMT, down 1.7 percent from their last close. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures (CLc1) were at $68.42 a barrel, down 0.2 percent, supported more than Brent by a slight drop in U.S. drilling activity and a Canadian supply outage. …read more

Source:: Yahoo Finance

      

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