WTI crude oil
US$ per barrel, nearest futures contract
What has the price done?
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Press and drag across the chart to see the change between two points. Source: Yahoo Finance, delayed. Bars are daily and prices are adjusted for splits, not dividends. Past returns don't predict future returns.
- Last price, per barrel
- US$102.95
- Day
- +0.93% ▲
- Year to date
- +79.29% ▲
- 1 year
- +69.97% ▲
- 52-week high
- US$112.95
- 52-week low
- US$55.27
Figures from the daily snapshot of 30 Oct 2026: NYMEX futures, nearest contract, Yahoo Finance, delayed. Futures prices can differ from spot, and changes over a year include rolling from one contract month to the next. Past returns don't predict future returns.
What it is and what moves it
West Texas Intermediate is the main US crude oil benchmark. Crude is refined into petrol, diesel, jet fuel and the raw materials for plastics.
What tends to move the price
- OPEC and its allies, which agree how much oil to pump.
- Global demand, which rises and falls with travel, shipping and factory output.
- US stockpiles and shale output, reported each week.
Oil prices come down to how much the big producers choose to pump against how much the world is using.
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Price data: Yahoo Finance, delayed. Prices are the nearest futures contract on each exchange, not spot prices, converted to US$ where quoted in cents. For education only. Not financial advice.