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As of 5:45 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil sold for $88.22 per barrel (using Brent as the benchmark, which we’ll get into momentarily). That’s $2.78 lower than yesterday morning and approximately an $18.39 rise over the past year. Will oil prices go up? It’s impossible to predict the future of oil prices. Several factors determine […]

As of 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil is trading at $75.02 per barrel, based on the Brent benchmark we’ll explain in a bit. That’s $1.02 above yesterday morning’s level and about $7.24 higher than where it stood a year ago. Will oil prices go up? No one can say for sure where oil prices

At 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil was priced at $97.44 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a drop of 51 cents compared with yesterday morning and around $32 higher than the price one year ago. Will oil prices go up? It’s impossible to

At 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil was priced at $104.68 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a drop of $4.08 compared with yesterday morning and around $40.46 higher than the price one year ago. Will oil prices go up? It’s impossible to forecast

At 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil was priced at $96.18 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a drop of 88 cents compared with yesterday morning and around $28 higher than the price one year ago. Will oil prices go up? It’s impossible to

By 8:15 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil had reached $97.06 per barrel, measured using the Brent benchmark. That’s 23 cents more than it cost yesterday morning and about $31 above its price a year earlier. Will oil prices go up? Oil prices are inherently unpredictable. While many variables come into play, the basic push and