October WTI crude oil (CLV26) is up +3.30 (+3.30%) today, and October RBOB gasoline (RBV26) is up +0.0690 (+2.09%).
Crude oil and gasoline prices are sharply higher today, with crude posting a 3.75-month high. Energy prices are rallying on fears that global oil supplies will tighten further after Saudi Arabia shut down its key East-West pipeline after attacks by Houthi rebels. Crude prices fell from their best level when President Trump said that Ukraine and Russia agreed to not attack each other’s energy targets.