Brent crude trading at $81.01/bbl

Crude oil futures declined 0.95 per cent to Rs 6,394 per barrel as participants trimmed their positions on low demand. On MCX, crude oil for November delivery fell Rs61 or 0.95 per cent to Rs6,394 per barrel with a business volume of 8,976 lots. Globally, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil went lower by 0.47 per cent at $76.81 per barrel, while Brent crude was trading 0.52 per cent down at $81.01 per barrel in New York.