
March WTI crude oil (CLH26) on Tuesday closed up +1.07 (+1.72%), and March RBOB gasoline (RBH26) closed up +0.0465 (+2.51%).
Crude oil and gasoline prices recovered from early losses on Tuesday and moved sharply higher as the dollar (DXY00) weakened. Gains in crude oil accelerated Tuesday as US-Iranian tensions ramped up after the US Navy shot down an Iranian drone that had approached an American aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea.