At around 6.40 pm (Brasília time), this Monday (22), the WTI spot contract registered gains of 4.14% and was traded at US$ 61.69 / barrel on the New York Stock Exchange. The session was marked by the technical movement of adjustments in positions, in addition to the increased demand for oil in the United States amid the partial return of the country's production in states hit by the extreme cold. Production dropped about 4 million barrels a day of oil and 21 billion cubic feet of gas in Texas and the US Plains. Expectation also with the approval of President Joe Binden's $ 1.9 trillion aid package to stimulate the US economic recovery, which can be voted on in the House of Representatives this Friday (26).
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