Kuwaiti oil price up 76 cents to USD 47.69 pb

KUWAIT, Aug 19 (KUNA) -- The price of the Kuwaiti oil went up 76 cents to reach USD 47.69 per barrel (pb) Friday compared with USD 46.93 pb on Thursday, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Saturday.
The price of the West Texas Intermediate's future contracts for September delivery went up by 0.40 percent to reach USD 47.28 per barrel, the same case with the Brent crude's future contracts for October delivery which went up by 0.31 percent to reach USD 51.23 pb. (end) mam.ha