09/01/2026 03:45 AST

The price of Kuwaiti oil went down by USD 1.09 to reach USD 57.05 per barrel on Wednesday, compared to USD 58.14 on Tuesday, the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) reported.

In global markets, the price of Brent crude went down by 74 cents to reach USD 59.96 per barrel, while the West Texas Intermediate went down by USD 1.14 to reach USD 55.99


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Ticker Price Volume
(In US Dollar) Change Change(%)
Brent 63.02 0.32 0.51
WTI 58.81 0.4 0.68
OPEC Basket 58.76 0.25 0.43
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