Mentha oil prices marginally fall to Rs 981

NEW DELHI:

Mentha oil prices

on Thursday were trading with a marginal dip of 0.1 per cent at Rs 981 in early session.


Mentha oil price settled 13.70 points or 1.38 per cent lower at Rs 980.20 in the previous session.

Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Wednesday following a drawdown in

US crude inventories

from record highs and a string of positive manufacturing data, but a surge in coronavirus cases tempered gains.

Brent

crude rose 80 cents, or 1.9%, to $42.07 a barrel by 12:43 pm EDT (1643 GMT). US crude rose 59 cents, or 1.5%, to $39.86 a barrel.