October WTI oil futures rose 0.07% to $ 55.14 per barrel.
Futures for Brent crude for November delivery fell 0.39% to $ 59.02 a barrel.
Earlier, Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin said that if the oil price drops to $ 40 per barrel, the Russian economy will not experience serious pressure.
In early August, expert Vladimir Klimanov, in an interview with FBA Economics Today, commented on an IMF report saying that the fall in oil prices from 2014 to 2018 contributed to the decrease in the growth rate of the Russian economy more than forecasts than sanctions.