Kuwait oil price up to $72.79 pb

emirates7 - The price of Kuwaiti oil went up by US$2.18 to US$72.79 per barrel on Monday, compared to US$70.61 pb last Friday, said the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday.

The prices of the Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate went down respectively by $1.15 and $1.47 to settle each at $69.21 per barrel and $66.98 pb, according to the Kuwait News Agency.