Oil Prices Decline Even as Countries Slowly Reopen – 27 April 2020

U.S. WTI futures were down 9.09 percent as of 1:24 p.m. HKSIN to $15.40 per barrel and Brent crude futures were down 2.75 percent to $20.85 per barrel even as talks resumed in most countries about when and how to reopen their economies, a move which should, and could, increase demand for oil.