Oil prices rise, Brent trades at $115.5 a barrel Oil prices rose Wednesday morning following reports of new attacks by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia. December Brent futures on the ICE Futures exchange in London as of 8:11 a.m. Moscow time are trading at $115.46 per barrel, which is $1.58 (1.39%) higher than the previous trade close. On Tuesday they fell by $1.93 (1.67%) to $113.88 per barrel. December WTI crude futures in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) rose $1.45 (1.45%) to $101.35 a barrel so far. Following the results of the previous session, their price dropped by $1.86 (1.83%), to $99.9 per barrel.