Brent crude trading at $79.10/bbl

Crude oil futures declined 0.73 per cent to Rs 6,161 per barrel as participants trimmed their positions on low demand. Globally, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil traded 0.42 per cent higher at $74.13 per barrel, while Brent crude was trading 0.51 per cent up at $79.10 per barrel in New York. On MCX, crude oil for February delivery fell Rs45 or 0.73 per cent to Rs6,161 per barrel with a business volume of 10,354 lots.