At around 6:33 pm (Brasília time), this Tuesday (20th), the WTI spot contract registered a drop of 1.48% and was traded at US$ 62.44 / barrel on the New York Stock Exchange. The market returned to worry about the global demand for oil with the new worsening of the coronavirus pandemic and vaccination against the disease still considered slow. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that citizens should again take precautions to stem the new growth in cases of virus infection. The Judicial Committee of the United States House of Representatives today approved a bill that could involve members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in the country's antitrust legislation.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.