At 6:45 a.m. Eastern Time on October 9, 2026, oil was priced at $105.72 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a drop of $2.61 compared with yesterday morning and around $40 higher than the price one year ago.
| Oil price per barrel | % Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Price of oil yesterday | $108.33 | -2.40% |
| Price of oil 1 month ago | $101.01 | +4.66% |
| Price of oil 1 year ago | $65.58 | +61.20% |
