Oil prices increase slightly

Benchmark oil prices rose moderately on February 2 morning after falling the previous day, Report informs referring to Interfax.

The price of April futures for Brent on the London ICE Futures exchange amounted to $79.07 per barrel, which is $0.37 (0.47%) higher than the closing price of the previous session.

On February 1, these contracts fell in price by $1.85 (2.3%), to $78.7 per barrel.

Quotes of WTI oil futures for March in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) increased by $0.3 (0.41%) and amounted to $74.12 per barrel.

At the end of the last session, they fell by $2.03 (2.7%) to $73.82 per barrel.