Prices for benchmark crude oil fell at the end of trading on Friday.

The cost of April futures for Brent oil on the London ICE Futures exchange was $ 62.91 per barrel, which is $ 1.02 (1.6%) below the price at the close of the previous session.

The price of futures for WTI crude oil for March at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) was $ 59.24 per barrel, which is $ 1.28 (2.1%) below the level at the close of the market on Thursday.  At the same time, April futures for WTI, the most actively traded contract, fell by $ 1.27 (2.1%) to $ 59.26 per barrel.