Crude prices record highs at the beginning of the European session of the opening session of the week today, Monday, the eighth of March (March), as Brent crude trades at the highest levels of $ 70 for the first time since the beginning of the outbreak of the Corona virus early last January, while US crude is trading at its highest levels since October of 2018 . And crude prices benefited this morning from the attacks launched by the Houthi forces on the Saudi Aramco oil facility on Sunday, despite the failure of the attack. The price of crude rose by more than 3 percent last Friday, the last session of the week, after OPEC and its independent allies surprised the markets by delaying the increase in supply until April. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the largest producer of crude within OPEC, kept on maintaining its voluntary reduction of one million barrels per day until April. Next. After the meeting of the organization, Goldman Sachs raised its forecast for Brent crude prices to $ 75 in the second quarter, an increase of five dollars, and to $ 80 in the third quarter of the year. On the other hand, UBS raised its forecast for Brent crude to $ 75 and for US crude to $ 72 in the second half of this year. Brent crude is trading with the European markets open at levels of $ 70.72 a barrel, up by 1.95 percent, while US crude (NYMEX) is trading at levels of $ 67.38 a barrel, up about 1.95 percent.