At 8:32 am (Brasilia time) this Thursday (30), the September contract of WTI crude oil recorded a moderate drop of 0.81% in New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), quoted at US$ 83.63/barrel. The October contract for the Brent It was advancing 0.82% in Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), trading at US$ 87.37/barrel. So far this week, the fuel has accumulated losses of 6.36% and 4.78%, respectively.
In the last trading session (29), WTI advanced 6.56%, to US$ 84.46/barrel, while Brent recorded a rise of 7.32%, to US$ 88.09/barrel.
This morning, fuel prices were pressured by progress in negotiations between Iran and Oman over control of the Strait of Hormuz, as reported by the Persian country's Labor News Agency.
Limiting further losses, the continuation of the conflict in the region remains on the energy market's radar. U.S. military officials announced overnight a bombing raid that hit dozens of targets belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Furthermore, in Eastern Europe, a Ukrainian drone strike caused a fire at the Perm refinery in Russia, resulting in the shutdown of one of its crude oil distillation units, according to sources close to Reuters.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.