OPEC crude basket drops to $38.58

Vienna, Apr 15 (EFE).- The basket of crude oil used as a benchmark indicator by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has dropped to $38.58, the OPEC Secretariat said on Friday.

OPEC said the price of its basket, which includes 13 varieties of crude, decreased by $0.33 on Thursday, compared with the closing price of the previous session.

The June delivery of Brent crude opened at $43.89 a barrel at the start of Friday's trading on the futures market, an increase of 0.38 percent from the previous session's close. EFE

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