The price of December futures for Brent crude on the London Stock Exchange ICE Futures increased by $ 0.62 (1.08%) to $ 57.79 per barrel. By the end of the previous session, the contract went up by $ 0.92 (1.64%) - to $ 57.17 per barrel.
The price of WTI futures for November in the electronic trading of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) increased by $ 0.42 (0.82%) to $ 51.87 per barrel by that time. On Friday, the value of these contracts increased by $ 0.85 (1.68%) - to $ 51.45 per barrel.

The euro against the US dollar on Monday traded down to $ 1.1792 compared with $ 1.1820 at the close of the previous session.
Regarding the yen, the dollar is stable and is trading at 111.79 yen versus 111.82 yen the day before. The euro to the Japanese currency fell to 131.79 yen compared with 132.17 yen in the session on Friday.

The price of palladium rose above $ 1,000 per ounce for the first time since 2001, amid increasing demand for the metal, used, in particular, in the production of emission control devices in cars with gasoline engines.
Palladium went up in the spot market on Monday by 1% to $ 1000.84, Bloomberg reported.
Since the beginning of this year, the cost of metal has increased by 47% - this is the best dynamics among precious metals. For comparison: the price of gold in 2017 rose by 14%, silver by 9%, platinum by 4.7%.
The price of platinum fell by 0.1% on Monday to $ 944.93.