NEW DELHI: Indian basket crude prices returned to pre-conflict levels Wednesday, with the basket priced at $70.71 per barrel, reducing the import bill, easing inflationary pressures and improving the financial position of the Centre and oil marketing companies.

NEW DELHI: Crude oil prices fell below the $75-per-barrel mark on Wednesday as the Strait of Hormuz reopened but are yet to return to the pre-conflict levels of $65-70 a barrel.

Global crude oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since before the Iran conflict, with Brent slipping to around USD 72–73 per barrel and US crude below USD 70,…

NEW DELHI: Indian basket crude prices returned to pre-conflict levels Wednesday, with the basket priced at $70.71 per barrel, reducing the import bill, easing inflationary…

Benchmark Brent fell to around $72 a barrel Thursday, down from an average of $99 in first week of June and $109 during the three months till May. Russia has resumed offering…