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BrentJan 2027

104.32 $/bbl

down 8.03 percent from the last settlement · Range today 103.28 – 112.41

Backwardation: the front month is above later months. Front vs second +2.97 · vs twelfth +19.34 $/bbl

Contract prices
Brent contracts, in $/bbl
ContractPriceChangeBasisLast trade day
Jan 2027104.32down 8.03 percent from the last settlementTradeNov 30, 2026
Feb 2027101.35down 7.49 percent from the last settlementTradeDec 30, 2026
Mar 202798.65down 7.10 percent from the last settlementTradeJan 29, 2027
Apr 202796.50down 6.53 percent from the last settlementTradeFeb 26, 2027
May 202794.61down 5.96 percent from the last settlementTradeMar 31, 2027
Jun 202792.86down 5.46 percent from the last settlementTradeApr 30, 2027
Jul 202791.06down 5.18 percent from the last settlementTradeMay 28, 2027
Aug 202789.57down 4.77 percent from the last settlementTradeJun 30, 2027
Sep 202788.18down 4.45 percent from the last settlementTradeJul 30, 2027
Oct 202786.92down 4.19 percent from the last settlementTradeAug 31, 2027
Nov 202785.82down 3.95 percent from the last settlementTradeSep 30, 2027
Dec 202784.98down 3.55 percent from the last settlementTradeOct 29, 2027
History
Europe Brent spot, daily, to Oct 27. The price of a physical barrel at one place, not the futures price above.
Brent front-month settlements by day, in $/bbl
DayContractSettleChange
Nov 2, 2026Jan 2027104.77–

WTIDec 2026

96.26 $/bbl

down 0.21 percent from the Monday settlement · Range today 95.15 – 102.75

Backwardation: the front month is above later months. Front vs second +1.70 · vs twelfth +16.41 $/bbl

Contract prices
WTI contracts, in $/bbl
ContractPriceChangeBasisLast trade day
Dec 202696.26down 0.21 percent from the Monday settlementTradeNov 20, 2026
Jan 202794.56down 0.25 percent from the Monday settlementTradeDec 21, 2026
Feb 202792.69down 0.32 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJan 20, 2027
Mar 202790.78down 0.38 percent from the Monday settlementTradeFeb 22, 2027
Apr 202789.01down 0.44 percent from the Monday settlementTradeMar 22, 2027
May 202787.45down 0.44 percent from the Monday settlementTradeApr 20, 2027
Jun 202786.00down 0.42 percent from the Monday settlementTradeMay 20, 2027
Jul 202784.60down 0.39 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJun 22, 2027
Aug 202783.22down 0.39 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJul 20, 2027
Sep 202781.96down 0.36 percent from the Monday settlementTradeAug 20, 2027
Oct 202780.74down 0.44 percent from the Monday settlementTradeSep 21, 2027
Nov 202779.85down 0.25 percent from the Monday settlementTradeOct 20, 2027
History
Cushing WTI spot, daily, to Oct 27. The price of a physical barrel at one place, not the futures price above.
WTI front-month settlements by day, in $/bbl
DayContractSettleChange
Nov 2, 2026Dec 202696.46–

Henry HubDec 2026

2.864 $/MMBtu

up 0.28 percent from the Monday settlement · Range today 2.851 – 2.978

Contango: the front month is below later months. Front vs second −0.493 · vs twelfth −0.424 $/MMBtu

Contract prices
Henry Hub contracts, in $/MMBtu
ContractPriceChangeBasisLast trade day
Dec 20262.864up 0.28 percent from the Monday settlementTradeNov 25, 2026
Jan 20273.357up 0.27 percent from the Monday settlementTradeDec 29, 2026
Feb 20273.020up 0.37 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJan 27, 2027
Mar 20272.407up 0.33 percent from the Monday settlementTradeFeb 24, 2027
Apr 20272.359up 0.17 percent from the Monday settlementTradeMar 29, 2027
May 20272.413down 0.21 percent from the Monday settlementTradeApr 28, 2027
Jun 20272.576down 0.16 percent from the Monday settlementTradeMay 26, 2027
Jul 20272.821down 0.11 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJun 28, 2027
Aug 20272.903down 0.14 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJul 28, 2027
Sep 20272.884down 0.28 percent from the Monday settlementTradeAug 27, 2027
Oct 20272.968down 0.20 percent from the Monday settlementTradeSep 28, 2027
Nov 20273.288down 0.27 percent from the Monday settlementTradeOct 27, 2027
History
Henry Hub spot, daily, to Oct 27. The price of a physical barrel at one place, not the futures price above.
Henry Hub front-month settlements by day, in $/MMBtu
DayContractSettleChange
Nov 2, 2026Dec 20262.856–

RBOB gasolineDec 2026

2.8990 $/gal

down 0.04 percent from the Monday settlement · Range today 2.8761 – 3.1210

Backwardation: the front month is above later months. Front vs second +0.0518 · vs twelfth +0.3697 $/gal

Contract prices
RBOB gasoline contracts, in $/gal
ContractPriceChangeBasisLast trade day
Dec 20262.8990down 0.04 percent from the Monday settlementTradeNov 30, 2026
Jan 20272.8472down 0.10 percent from the Monday settlementTradeDec 31, 2026
Feb 20272.8237down 0.19 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJan 29, 2027
Mar 20272.8320down 0.11 percent from the Monday settlementTradeFeb 26, 2027
Apr 20273.0333down 0.24 percent from the Monday settlementTradeMar 31, 2027
May 20273.0148down 0.19 percent from the Monday settlementTradeApr 30, 2027
Jun 20272.9761down 0.14 percent from the Monday settlementTradeMay 28, 2027
Jul 20272.9171down 0.26 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJun 30, 2027
Aug 20272.8687up 0.01 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJul 30, 2027
Sep 20272.7990down 0.14 percent from the Monday settlementTradeAug 31, 2027
Oct 20272.6018up 0.07 percent from the Monday settlementTradeSep 30, 2027
Nov 20272.5293up 0.14 percent from the Monday settlementTradeOct 29, 2027
History
New York Harbor gasoline spot, daily, to Oct 27. The price of a physical barrel at one place, not the futures price above.
RBOB gasoline front-month settlements by day, in $/gal
DayContractSettleChange
Nov 2, 2026Dec 20262.9001–

ULSDDec 2026

4.4174 $/gal

down 0.09 percent from the Monday settlement · Range today 4.3850 – 4.6747

Backwardation: the front month is above later months. Front vs second +0.0863 · vs twelfth +0.8641 $/gal

Contract prices
ULSD contracts, in $/gal
ContractPriceChangeBasisLast trade day
Dec 20264.4174down 0.09 percent from the Monday settlementTradeNov 30, 2026
Jan 20274.3311down 0.07 percent from the Monday settlementTradeDec 31, 2026
Feb 20274.2409down 0.12 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJan 29, 2027
Mar 20274.1402down 0.10 percent from the Monday settlementTradeFeb 26, 2027
Apr 20274.0256down 0.12 percent from the Monday settlementTradeMar 31, 2027
May 20273.9206down 0.14 percent from the Monday settlementTradeApr 30, 2027
Jun 20273.8231down 0.15 percent from the Monday settlementTradeMay 28, 2027
Jul 20273.7719up 0.15 percent from the Monday settlementTradeJun 30, 2027
Aug 20273.7103unchanged from the Monday settlementTradeJul 30, 2027
Sep 20273.6581down 0.07 percent from the Monday settlementTradeAug 31, 2027
Oct 20273.6146up 0.07 percent from the Monday settlementTradeSep 30, 2027
Nov 20273.5533up 0.02 percent from the Monday settlementTradeOct 29, 2027
History
New York Harbor ultra-low-sulphur diesel spot, daily, to Oct 27. The price of a physical barrel at one place, not the futures price above.
ULSD front-month settlements by day, in $/gal
DayContractSettleChange
Nov 2, 2026Dec 20264.4216–

ICE gasoilNov 2026

1,393.50 $/t

down 5.72 percent from the last settlement · Range today 1,383.50 – 1,460.25

Backwardation: the front month is above later months. Front vs second +62.50 · vs twelfth +362.75 $/t

Contract prices
ICE gasoil contracts, in $/t
ContractPriceChangeBasisLast trade day
Nov 20261,393.50down 5.72 percent from the last settlementTradeNov 12, 2026
Dec 20261,331.00down 5.70 percent from the last settlementTradeDec 10, 2026
Jan 20271,289.50down 5.67 percent from the last settlementTradeJan 12, 2027
Feb 20271,257.00down 5.52 percent from the last settlementTradeFeb 11, 2027
Mar 20271,227.00down 5.18 percent from the last settlementTradeMar 11, 2027
Apr 20271,187.00down 5.27 percent from the last settlementTradeApr 12, 2027
May 20271,152.75down 5.12 percent from the last settlementTradeMay 12, 2027
Jun 20271,123.50down 4.79 percent from the last settlementTradeJun 10, 2027
Jul 20271,093.50down 4.87 percent from the last settlementTradeJul 12, 2027
Aug 20271,069.75down 4.70 percent from the last settlementTradeAug 12, 2027
Sep 20271,050.00down 4.48 percent from the last settlementTradeSep 10, 2027
Oct 20271,030.75down 4.45 percent from the last settlementTradeOct 12, 2027
History
ICE gasoil front-month settlements by day, in $/t
DayContractSettleChange
Nov 2, 2026Nov 20261,408.50–

Brent – WTIJan 2027

9.76 $/bbl

Brent and WTI have not settled for the same day yet, so there is no change to show

Brent over WTI for the same contract month, from the two curves above. Their last settlements are not from the same day yet, so none is compared and only live months are drawn.

Contract spreads
Brent minus WTI by contract month, in $/bbl
ContractBrentWTISpreadBasis
Jan 2027104.3294.569.76Trade
Feb 2027101.3592.698.66Trade
Mar 202798.6590.787.87Trade
Apr 202796.5089.017.49Trade
May 202794.6187.457.16Trade
Jun 202792.8686.006.86Trade
Jul 202791.0684.606.46Trade
Aug 202789.5783.226.35Trade
Sep 202788.1881.966.22Trade
Oct 202786.9280.746.18Trade
Nov 202785.8279.855.97Trade
Dec 202784.9878.866.12Trade