Pressure on Brent crude oil futures

Crude oil futures declined 1 per cent to Rs6,456 per barrel as participants trimmed their positions on low demand. On MCX, crude oil for August delivery fell Rs65 or 1 per cent to Rs6,456 per barrel with a business volume of 8,437 lots. Globally, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil traded 0.75 per cent higher at $77.01 per barrel, while Brent crude was trading 0.70 per cent up at $81.14 per barrel in New York.