December WTI crude oil (CLZ26) is down -0.89 (-0.91%), and December RBOB gasoline (RBZ26) is down -0.0190 (-0.62%).
Crude oil prices are trading lower as oil continues to transit the Strait of Hormuz despite stepped-up attacks by Iran. There are reports that another ship was struck near Oman, and Iran claimed that an oil supertanker hit a sea mine in the Strait of Hormuz.