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10/19 Closing Prices / revised 10/20/2026 11:56 UTC | 10/19 OPEC Basket Price: $108.62 +$0.62 cents 10/19 Mexico Basket (MME) $99.59 +$0.43 cents | 08/31/2026 Promedio Venezuela Basket (Merey) $ 76.82 +$9.00 | 10/19 NYMEX Light Sweet Crude $103.66 +$2.25 | 10/19 ICE Brent $109.55 -$0.31 | 10/19 RBOB Gasoline NY Harbor $3.1914/gal -$0.0440 | 10/19 Heating Oil NY Harbor $4.9201/gal +$0.0210 | 10/19 NYMEX Natural Gas $3.058/MMBtu -$0.058 | 10/16 Baker Hughes Rig Count (Oil & Gas U.S.) = 603 / 0 10/20 USD – MXN/USD 18.48 MXN/USD (data live) 10/20 EUR – USD 1.1208 USD (data live) 10/20 US/Bs. (Bolivar) Bs. 881,87690000 (data BCV) (parallel Bs. 1.015 – 1.035 por USD -estimated) Sources: CME/MarketWatch/Reuters/ Zelle/IA

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