Oil closed lower on international markets this Thursday.

The June contract of WTI crude oil negotiated in New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) It ended this Thursday (30) with a sharp drop of 1.69%, quoted at US$ 105.07/barrel. The July contract for the Brent stabilized on a downward trend (-0.03%) in Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), trading at US$110.40/barrel.

In this trading session, fuel prices were pressured by the technical movement of profit realization, following the significant gains of the previous session. However, the drop in prices was limited by information from Axios that the president of United States, Donald Trump, must receive plans for military attacks against the Iran still today, as described by sources close to the matter. The minister of Defense from Israel, Israel KatzHe stated that the country may "soon be forced to resume operations in Iran." Tehranthe Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei He stated that he would protect the nuclear and missile program, a position that was defended by the president. Masoud Pezeshkian.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.