The West Texas Intermediate for June delivery lost 23 cents to settle at 61.91 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for June delivery decreased 46 cents to close at 65.65 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.
"The market is tending to focus more on the bad news from India and Japan at present, where the number of new coronavirus cases has risen sharply, prompting increased mobility restrictions to be imposed," Eugen Weinberg, energy analyst at Commerzbank Research, said in a note on Monday.
"Both countries are among the world's largest crude oil importers," he said, adding "this is why the negative news is weighing more heavily this morning despite an otherwise favourable environment -- the U.S. dollar remains weak and stock markets benign."
For the week ending Friday, the U.S. crude futures lost 1.7 percent, while Brent crude declined 1 percent, based on the front-month contracts.
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