August WTI crude oil (CLQ26) today is up +3.46 (+4.87%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ26) is up +0.1036 (+3.47%).
Crude oil and gasoline prices are up sharply today amid an escalation of US-Iran hostilities over control of the Strait of Hormuz. Gains in crude oil accelerated today after President Trump said the US was reimposing a blockade on Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.