Oil prices close higher

Crude oil prices rose at the end of today’s trading, to continue the gains achieved in the previous session.
Brent crude futures rose 53 cents, or 0.7%, to settle at $78.65 a barrel.
US West Texas Intermediate crude also rose 39 cents, or 0.5%, to settle at $73.20 a barrel.
Oil prices rose at the end of trading yesterday, “Monday,” by more than three dollars, in light of the receding fears about a crisis in the global banking system, after the “First Citizens Bankers” announced its intention to acquire the deposits and loans of the collapsed American “Silicon Valley” bank. , thus concluding a chapter of a crisis of confidence that caused turmoil in global financial markets.