Oil barrel in London fell to $ 71.59

Oil prices in London continue to decline. During the current trading session on the London International Oil Exchange, futures contracts for Black Gold, the mixture of Brent with delivery in June, were today at a price of $ 71.59. Thus, the barrel of oil fell in price over the session more than 1 dollar, ITAR-TASS reports. On Wednesday, when closing the auction, this indicator stopped at 72.65 dollars.

Experts in London associate the drop in oil value to the US Department of Energy, published the day before. According to them, commercial supplies of gasoline for the first time in the last two months have grown. Their volumes increased by 2.1 million barrels to more than 202 million barrels. The volume of stocks of raw oil of the United States grew by 1.7 million barrels, exceeding 346 million barrels.