Key Facts
WTI crude, via USO, closed at 128.85 $ and the session showed a +2.66% d/d move on 2026-07-21, making the US benchmark the main external driver for Latin American energy shares.
Petrobras closed at 18.54 $ up +1.92% d/d on 2026-07-21, with investors still treating Brazil’s pre-salt barrels as the region’s most reliable cash generator.
Ecopetrol closed at 16.53 $ up +3.12% d/d on 2026-07-21, a reminder that higher crude prices still lift the broader Latin American energy basket.
YPF closed at 51.33 $ up +1.76% d/d on 2026-07-21, as Argentina’s Vaca Muerta keeps pulling the country toward a more export-oriented energy balance.
