Brent above $41 per barrel

Oil prices have increased. For example, the North Sea Brent mixture overcame the threshold of $41 a barrel for the first time since March 23rd, mass media reported.

The price of Brent crude oil futures with a delivery in June reached $41.25 per barrel on London's ICE Futures exchange at 03:37 PM MSK.

WTI Oil futures reached $38.83 a barrel in May during electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) at 03:27 PM MSK, increasing by 4.2%.

In total, since the beginning of the week Brent increased by 6.7%, Interfax reports with reference to Bloomberg.