WTI oil prices fall by more than 5%

It is reported by RIA Novosti.

As the agency indicates, as of 18:17 Moscow time, the price of May futures for the North Sea Brent brand oil mix drops by 3.73%, to $ 49.84 per barrel.

On the morning of February 28, it was reported that April WTI crude futures fell 2.78% to $ 45.78 per barrel.

Earlier The leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov, in an interview with the NSN, commented on the decline in oil prices due to the coronavirus.