Vienna, Apr 1 (EFE) .- The basket of crude oil used as a benchmark indicator by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, dropped to $51.06 a barrel, the OPEC Secretariat announced on Wednesday.
OPEC said the price of its basket, which includes 12 varieties of crude, decreased by $0.39 on Tuesday, compared with the closing price at the previous session.
The price of the black gold barrel has been fluctuating between $41.50 and $56.83 since the beginning of 2015.
May delivery of Brent crude opened at $54.95 a barrel at the start of Wednesday's trading on the futures market, a decline of 0.29 percent from the previous session's close.
