WTI crude futures trading near $103.54 Tuesday May 19 morning, -4.7% from Monday's $108.66 close; intraday range $102.16-$103.70. Substantial overnight pullback DESPITE the after-hours Axios rejection-of-Iran-proposal news - the price tape reads the rejection as posturing rather than imminent kinetic catalyst given Tuesday strikes were already cancelled, and the sanctions-waiver reporting still operative on the structural supply side.
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- Evidence Strength
Strong
- Evidence Observed At
- May 19, 2026 · 1:00 PM UTC
- Citation
- https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil
- Citation Source
bloomberg
- Market Metric
Close Price
- Observed Value
- 103.54