08/28 Closing Prices / revised 08/30/2026 13:56 GMT | 08/27 OPEC Basket Price $87.31 +$0.92cents  | 08/28 Mexico Basket (MME)  $79.90  +$0.35 cents | 01/01-07/31 2026 Promedio Venezuela Basket (Merey) $ 74.4  +$1.2  |  08/28  NYMEX Light Sweet Crude $ 83.40 –$0.13 cents | 08/28 ICE Brent  $89.31 –$0.39 cents |  08/28 RBOB Gasoline NY Harbor  $3.0480/gal  ‑$0.0022 cents | 08/28 Heating Oil NY Harbor $2.1178 per gallon +$0.0076 cents | 08/28 NYMEX Natural Gas  $2.705/MMBtu ‑$0.048 cents | 08/28 Baker Hughes Rig Count (Oil & Gas U.S.) = 588 / 0 | 08/28 USD – MXN/USD 16.9712 MXN/USD (data live) 08/28 EUR – USD  1.1643 USD (data live)  09/01 US/Bs. (Bolivar) Bs.794,99170000 (data BCV) (crypto-parallel Bs. 932–938 por USD -estimated) Source: CME/MarketWatch/Reuters/ Zelle/ crypto-parallel  (Binance P2P)

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