August WTI crude oil (CLQ26) on Tuesday closed up +1.68 (+2.02%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ26) closed up +0.0169 (+0.50%).
Crude oil and gasoline prices settled higher on Tuesday, with crude climbing to a 5-week high. Threats to global oil supplies are boosting crude oil prices as the US-Iran war has curbed oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and threats by Houthi militants to blockade Saudi Arabia have reduced oil tanker traffic through the Red Sea.