The price of oil Brent has exceeded $ 45 for the first time since December 2015. This is evidenced by data the London exchange ICE.
According to 19:40 Moscow time the barrel of the benchmark grade rose to 45,13 dollar. Quotes rose by 2.5 percent compared to the close of trading on April 19.
Brent rises in price after the publication of data the U.S. Department of energy on oil inventories in the country. During the week they rose by 2.1 million barrels to 538,6 million barrels. It was expected that they would grow by 2.4 million barrels.
April 17 in the Qatari capital Doha hosted a meeting of representatives of the countries-manufacturers of oil. It was expected that the parties will sign an agreement to freeze production to prevent further fall of prices for hydrocarbons. But the deal did not take place — Saudi Arabia declined to sign any documents without the participation of Iran. The representatives of the Islamic Republic in Doha has not arrived.
In light of the information about the failure of the talks Brent crude fell almost 5 percent to 40,16 dollar and the U.S. currency rose to 68.3 ruble.
