Brent Crude Oil Price: $95 Friday After a 3.3% Jump on…
By Tobi Opeyemi Amure
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Brent crude traded near $95.41 early Friday after surging 3.3% to settle at $95.82 on Thursday following unconfirmed reports of Middle East oil facility and tanker attacks. Both major crude benchmarks remained down approximately 2.5% for the week.
Key facts
- Brent crude settled up 3.3% at $95.82 and WTI rose 2.6% to $88.74 on Thursday.
- Price gains followed unconfirmed Houthi claims of strikes on Saudi oil sites and Iranian reports of tanker explosions in the Strait of Hormuz.
- EIA data showed US crude inventories rose by 4.7 million barrels to 414.4 million in the week to 6 November.
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Updated 13 November 2026, 07:00 GMT. Brent crude futures were at $95.41 early on Friday, down 1 cent, after settling Thursday at $95.82 , up $3.06 or 3.3 percent, on Houthi claims of attacks on Saudi oil sites and Iranian reports of tanker explosions in the Strait of Hormuz (Reuters). Verdict: Thursday put a risk premium back into the price, but Brent is still on track for a second weekly fall, an…