. International prices for oil products fell by more than 5%, inform the data of the auction. position 21. 25 Moscow time the price of the March futures of "black gold" of Brent declined by 5, 7%, 50, 72 dollars per barrel. So low its Price fell from July 13, 2017. the cost of February futures for oil WTI were down to 6, 32% to 42, 7 dollars per barrel. Investors respond to a decrease in both the American and global stock market on the background of the situation with the US budget. The government is not completely stopped work on December 22 due to the fact that the Congress did not manage to agree on a new budget. Donald trump is not willing to sign the document if he will not include funding of the wall on the boundary line with Mexico, but the democratic party of the country is not ready to Express support for the document with such spending. The next meeting of Senate will be held only on 27 December. 7th December, the OPEC countries agreed on the total reduction of oil production by 1, 2 million barrels per day. This is a contract for six months - until July 2019. From the specified amount of 800 thousand barrels falls on OPEC countries and 400 thousand - to countries outside the cartel. Russia has agreed to minimize the production of 228 thousand barrels per day. Investors doubt the productivity of this order on the balancing market. Analysts at JBC Energy, whose opinion results in The wall Street Journal, believe that OPEC countries in the first part of 2019 will be extracted to 760 thousand barrels per day more compared with the first half of 2018. OPEC production will increase by 170 thousand barrels per day compared with the same period last year, mainly due to Russia, according to experts. <span style="color:darkgray