VIENNA, June 22 (KUNA) -- Price of OPEC's basket of crudes climbed 75 cents to settle at USD 39.45 per barrel last Friday compared to USD 37.70 pb the previous day (Thursday), the organization said in its bulletin on Monday.
Average price of the basket per month for May stood at USD 25.17 pb and 17.66 pb in April.
Annual average price of the bakset for the past year stood at USD 52.43 pb.
OPEC, in its latest report, forecast drop of demand for its crudes, in the course of this year, to 24.3 million bpd, 5.6 million bpd as compared to 2019. (end) amq.rk