Vienna, May 26 (EFE).- The basket of crude oil used as a benchmark indicator by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, dropped to $61.18 a barrel, the OPEC Secretariat announced on Tuesday.
OPEC said the price of its basket, which includes 12 varieties of crude, decreased by $0.85 on Monday, compared with the closing price at the previous session.
July delivery of Brent crude opened at $65.59 a barrel at the start of Tuesday's trading on the futures market, an increase of 0.41 percent from the previous session's close.