Oil prices slipped on Monday, paring strong gains made in the previous session after OPEC+ agreed last week to gradually ease some of its production cuts between May and July.
Brent crude futures for June fell 33 cents, or 0.5%, to $64.53 a barrel by 02:06 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate crude for May was at $61.20 a barrel, down 25 cents, or 0.4%.
Both contracts settled up more than $2 a barrel on Thursday as investors viewed the OPEC+ decision as an affirmation of demand-led recovery and optimism was boosted by US President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure spending plan. Markets were closed on Friday because of the Easter holiday.
