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Brent price crash adds to oil chaos even as OPEC+ rushes to cut output

Over 20 per cent fall comes despite OPEC+ agreeing to reduce production

Oil, WTI, Brent Crude
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Jyoti MukulAmritha Pillay New Delhi | Mumbai
The historic fall of the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures for May to minus $37 a barrel on Monday created panic in the oil and financial markets across the globe. On Tuesday, the widely accepted benchmark Brent crude (cash) plunged more than 20 per cent to below $20 a barrel, triggering a sell-off in stock markets.

For India that benchmarks its imports giving 25 per cent weight to Brent, the crude oil basket is one third at $20 of 2019-20 average of $60.6 a barrel. The Indian crude oil basket, that gives another 75 per cent weight

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