Brent rose by 78 cents, or 1.50%, to $52.64 a barrel, WTI rose by 72 cents, or 1.53%, to $47.90 a barrel,

Brent was at $51.91 a barrel, up $2.24 or 4.5%, WTI hit a 14-month low of $43.32, before recovering to $46.65, up $1.89, or 4.2%.

"I want to emphasize, for the Russian budget, for our economy, current oil prices are acceptable. Let me remind you that this year, as part of our macroeconomic policy, we took a Brent crude price of $42.40/b as the base level," Putin said during a meeting on the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy and the oil market with government ministers and representative of oil and gas companies.

Brent was down $1.74, or 3.3%, at $49.99 a barrel, WTI fell $1.89, or about 4%, to $45.20.

Brent rose 33 cents, or 0.6%, to $55.28 a barrel, WTI gained 41 cents, or 0.8%, to $50.31 a barrel.

Brent fell by $1.42, or 2.4%, to $57.08 a barrel, WTI fell by $1.26, or 2.4%, to $52.12.

Brent was down 64 cents, or 1.1%, at $58.67 a barrel, WTI dropped 54 cents, or 1%, at $53.34 a barrel.

Despite the partial recovery, oil prices are still far below the level many OPEC members need for their budgets to balance.

Brent was up by 51 cents, or 0.9%, at $58.26 a barrel, WTI was up 55 cents, or 1.1%, at $52.60 a barrel.

Brent was at $57.27 a barrel, WTI rose 3 cents to $52.08 a barrel,