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Overview
- Brent settled at $65.47 (+2.5%) and WTI at $61.15 (+2.8%) as traders added a supply-risk premium tied to Iran and uncertainty around Venezuelan output.
- Reuters reported that four Greek-managed oil tankers were struck by unidentified drones in the Black Sea while heading to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal.
- Trump announced the immediate 25% levy on any nation doing business with Iran, a move watched closely given China’s role as Tehran’s main oil customer.
- U.S. December CPI rose 0.3% month over month and 2.7% year over year, with core up 0.2%, and interest-rate swaps fully priced a Fed cut by June 2026.
- A reported Department of Justice criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell and pressure on U.S. bank stocks curbed risk appetite, while Petrobras shares climbed with higher crude.