Brent North Sea crude, the benchmark for international oil prices, rose above $90 on Tuesday as hopes of a US-Iran agreement to bring the war to an end...
by Agence France-Presse - AFP
Aug 11, 2026 11:45 am
Brent North Sea crude, the benchmark for international oil prices, rose above $90 on Tuesday as hopes of a US-Iran agreement to bring the war to an end continued to diminish.
Brent reached $90.02 a barrel, a gain of more than 2.5% from Monday, while the main U.S. contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), jumped 2.7% to $84.32 a barrel.
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