OPEC crude basket rises to $40.11

Vienna, Apr 22 (EFE).- The basket of crude oil used as a benchmark indicator by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, jumped to $40.11, the OPEC Secretariat said on Friday.

OPEC said the price of its basket, which includes 13 varieties of crude, increased by $1.65 on Thursday, compared with the closing price of the previous session.

The June delivery of Brent crude opened at $45.17 a barrel at the start of Friday's trading on the futures market, an increase of 1.4 percent from the previous session's close. EFE

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