
May WTI crude oil (CLK25) today is down -5.34 (-7.45%), and May RBOB gasoline (RBK25) is down +0.1820 (-7.80%).
Crude oil and gasoline prices today plunged to 3-week lows on concern that President Trump’s harsher-than-expected reciprocal tariffs will ignite a trade war that derails the global economy and energy demand. Crude also fell as today’s sell-off in the S&P 500 to a 6-1/2 month low undercut confidence in the economic outlook and energy demand. Losses in crude accelerated today after OPEC+ said it would increase crude production faster than previously announced. Crude prices plummeted today despite a slide in the dollar index (DXY00) to a 6-month low.