
January WTI crude oil (CLF25) Monday closed up +1.17 (+1.74%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF25) closed up +0.0463 (+2.43%).
Crude oil and gasoline prices rallied Monday in the hopes that additional stimulus measures by the Chinese government will boost energy demand in China, the world's second-largest crude consumer. Oil prices are also seeing support from heightened turmoil in the Middle East after rebels toppled the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.