Oil prices stabilized on Tuesday as the OPEC Secretary-General’s remarks boosted broad hopes for a recovery in demand, slightly covering up travel restrictions due to the new outbreak of the highly contagious Coronavirus Delta virus.
The futures settlement price rose 8 cents, or 0.1%, to $74.76 a barrel, and fell 2% on Monday.
After falling 1.5% on Monday, the settlement price of US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures rose 7 cents, or 0.1%, to US$72.98 per barrel.
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