Today, crude oil futures continued to rise on Monday launched. The reason for this are concerns about the geopolitical situation in the world. In particular, concerns have caused investors to developments in North Korea and Kazakhstan. Supports the "black gold", the situation around Iran. The positive dynamics of transaction prices is largely due to the situation on the international currency market Forex. Dollar since the beginning of the day has gone down significantly against the euro and other currencies. The dollar index for the six major world currencies fell below 80 points, providing favorable conditions for the continuation of speculative purchases of oil and other commodity assets whose prices are set in U.S. currency.

The cost of the January futures on U.S. crude oil WTI (Light Sweet Crude Oil) in trading in New York rose to 97.02 dollars per barrel.