03/26 Closing Prices / revised 03/27/2026 08:09 GMT | 03/26 OPEC Basket  $75.96 +$0.33 cents | 03/26 Mexico Basket (MME) $66.80 +$0.43 cents |   02/28 Venezuela Basket (Merey)  $64.96   -$1.90 cents  03/26 NYMEX Light Sweet Crude  $69.65 +$0.65 cents | 03/26 ICE Brent $73.79 +$0.77 cents  03/26 RBOB  $223.28 +0.21cents | 03/26 USLD  $ 228.87 +2.88 cents | 03/26 NYMEX Natural Gas  $3.861 +0.074 cents | 03/21 Baker Hughes Rig Count (Oil & Gas) 593 +1 | 03/27 USD – Dollar/MXN  20.2429 (data live) 03/27 EUR – USD  $1.0761 (data live)  03/27 US/Bs. (Bolivar)  $69.01880000 (data BCV) Source: WTRG/MSN/Bloomberg/MarketWatch/Reuters

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