August WTI crude oil (CLQ26) on Wednesday closed up +0.26 (+0.33%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ26) closed up +0.0736 (+2.28%).
Crude oil and gasoline prices settled higher on Wednesday, with gasoline up sharply at a 7-week high. Crude prices found support after the US launched airstrikes against Iran for a fifth day on Wednesday in response to Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which threatens to curb flows through the waterway and reduce global oil supplies.