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Crude Oil WTI Aug '26 (CLQ26)

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Crude Oil WTI Futures Market News and Commentary

Crude Prices Gain on Escalation of US-Iran Hostilities

August WTI crude oil (CLQ26) on Monday closed up +0.74 (+0.90%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ26) closed down -0.0037 (-0.11%).

Crude oil and gasoline prices settled mixed on Monday, with crude oil rallying to a 5-week high amid the escalation of hostilities between the US and Iran, which is keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed and tightening global oil supplies.

gave up overnight gains and turned lower after Reuters reported that mediators had proposed a 10-day ceasefire between the US and Iran.  Prices initially moved higher today, with crude posting a 5-week high and gasoline posting a 2-month high after hostilities between the US and Iran escalated further over the weekend. 

The US conducted a ninth straight day of airstrikes on Iran on Monday, bombing military targets and communications networks, and Iran retaliated by launching drones and missiles at US bases in Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, and Iraq.  The New York Times reported that the US is sending more warplan... Read more

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Crude Prices Gain on Escalation of US-Iran Hostilities

August WTI crude oil (CLQ26 ) on Monday closed up +0.74 (+0.90%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ26 ) closed down -0.0037 (-0.11%). Crude oil and gasoline...

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Crude Prices Erase Early Gains on Possible US-Iran Truce Proposal

August WTI crude oil (CLQ26 ) today is down -0.33 (-0.40%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ26 ) is down -0.0158 (-0.47%). Crude oil and gasoline prices gave...

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