Brent crude oil closes at US $ 73.06 and Texas at 0.5%

LONDON .- The barrel of Brent for delivery in September has ended today on the London futures market at US $ 73.06, or 0 , 01% less than at the close of the previous session.

The North Sea Crude reference in Europe, ended the day in International Exchange Futures with a decline of $ 0.01 compared to the last trading when it ended in 73.07 dollars

Brent ended the first day of the week virtually unchanged from the last close, due to fears of a reduction in global demand as a result of the US-Chinese tariff war.

Similarly, investors expect a possible drag on production of the main member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Saudi Arabia.

Texas oil closes at US $ 67.89

NEW YORK . – The price of intermediate oil of Texas (WTI) fell from 0.5% and closed at 67.89 dollars a barrel, after a day marked by climbing geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran

At the end of the live operations at WTI Futures New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), WTI for delivery in September, the new reference month, was down 37 cents from

US President Donald Trump today warned his Iranian counterpart, Hasan Rohaní, to no longer "threaten the United States" or to experience historical "consequences" in a Twitter message written in capital letters. 19659002] The President responded to Rohaní, who had threatened the United States with "the mother of all wars" when he was starting a conflict with Iran, and said that "to negotiate with the United States United means "capitulate". last May United States to the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran and has again imposed sanctions against Tehran, which will come into effect next August and threaten to sink the already battered Iranian economy .

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