crude oil

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Front-month WTI crude oil futures are 2.3% lower at $96.80 per barrel; front-month Brent crude oil futures are 1.9% lower at $97.49 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The temporary ceasefire in the Gulf has brought the price of crude oil down from its recent peaks, and with it the cost of fuel on wholesale markets.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Demand for crude oil will likely decline this year for the first time since the Covid pandemic, said the International Energy Agency.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

West Texas Intermediate crude oil has proven to be valued just as much, and sometimes even more so, than Brent crude this past month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Her tone couldn’t have held more wonder and censure if Zooey’s pores had been exuding crude oil.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger