At 6:15 a.m. Eastern Time on July 10, 2026, oil was priced at $76.80 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a drop of $2.45 compared with yesterday morning and around $7.17 higher than the price one year ago.
| Oil price per barrel | % Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Price of oil yesterday | $79.25 | -3.09% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $94.50 | -18.73% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $69.63 | +10.29% |