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Oil Prices Plunge as U.S. Elections Shake Up the Iran War
CEII brief
OilPrice.com reported on 6 Nov 2026: Oil Prices Plunge as U.S. Elections Shake Up the Iran War.
Read the full story on OilPrice.comDecember WTI crude oil is headed for one of its roughest weekly losses in months after the market shed $11.37, or 11.10%, from its opening price of $102.39. Prices posted a weekly high at $102.75 before breaking sharply to $86.65.
Context from CEII
Crude benchmarks move budgets, currencies and inflation in producer and importer countries alike. For economies such as Nigeria, where fuels dominate exports, production and refining decisions move the whole economy.
68.0% of Iran’s merchandise exports were fuels in 2023Countries in this story
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