in quiet trade before the end of the year.

The price of contracts for WTI US mediator to the nearest month of entitlement reached $ 37.87 a barrel at 0311 GMT, down 23 cents from the last adjustment to it.

Brent fell 16 cents to $ 37.73 a barrel, which means the American defense crude for the price difference achieved on Brent last week.

The low trading volume for each of the contracts was already low during the post-holiday.