Oil prices rise about 6% after Production cuts
Oil prices rose, this Monday 3rd April, after several exporting countries announced a cut in production in May, presented as a “precautionary measure” to stabilize the market. At the opening of Asian markets, the price of a barrel of North American WTI rose 5.74% to $80.01 and a barrel of North Sea Brent rose 5.67% to $84.42. The cut announced on Sunday by Iraq, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman and Kuwait