[국제유가] British variant corona spread… WTI fell two days in a row

International oil prices plunged two days after the news of the spread of the COVID-19 strain from the UK.

On the 22nd (local time) on the New York Commercial Exchange (NYMEX), US West Texas crude oil (WTI) fell by $0.72 per barrel (-1.50%) to $47.02, and Middle Eastern Dubai oil fell by $0.51 to $49.75. I have finished the deal. In the case of the WTI, the collapse of the $47 mark was imminent after falling for two consecutive days.

Brent crude from the North Sea on the London ICE Futures Exchange was traded at $50.08, down $0.83 from the previous day.

Due to the highly infectious mutant virus outbreak in the UK, more than 40 countries in Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East have immigrated to the United Kingdom.

The UK also put a full blockade in London and southeastern England, and it seems that the news of the British mutant virus was also found in Germany, France, Switzerland and Australia, leading to lower oil prices.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a large-scale additional stimulus package law worth $900 billion the day before, but it did not reverse investor sentiment.

However, Pfizer, Modena, and AstraZeneca said that the vaccines each developed could also prevent mutant viruses.