Crude prices surge by more than 5% as US expected to ban Russian oil

The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, soared by more than five percent today, as US President Joe Biden is expected to announce a US ban on Russian oil imports.

The price of a barrel has reached $129.92 at 1430 GMT, an increase of 5.45 percent.

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