
October WTI crude oil (CLV23) Friday closed up +1.92 (+2.30%), and Oct RBOB gasoline (RBV23) closed up +2.53 (+0.99%).
Crude oil prices Friday closed sharply higher, with crude rising to a 9-1/2 month nearest-futures high. Crude prices extended Thursday's sharp gains on a report that Russia has agreed with OPEC+ on further output restrictions. Bloomberg News reported Thursday that Russia will announce next week that it has agreed with OPEC+ on further cuts in its oil exports into October. Russia has already announced a cut of 300,000 bpd of output cuts for September.