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1. wtop.com › news › 2024Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities

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   22 hours ago · August heating oil fell 2 cents to $2.58 a gallon. August natural gas rose 5 cents to $2.37 per 1,000 cubic feet. Gold for August delivery fell $34.20 to $2,363.50 per ounce.

2. www.usatoday.com › investing › oil-prices-07/08/2024Crude oil prices today: WTI prices are down 1.59% today

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   11 hours ago · WTI futures traded at $82.89 per barrel, as of 9 a.m. ET. Year to date, WTI prices are up by 12.87%. Brent futures traded around $87.27/bbl, an increase of 0.79% in the last 24 hours. Year to date ...

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   How do investors speculate on crude oil prices?

   • One of the most popular ways investors speculate on crude oil and other commodity prices is by trading futures contracts. Futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell a standardized amount of an asset at a specific price on a particular future date. The most popular WTI crude oil futures contracts are traded on the NYMEX.

   Crude oil prices today: WTI prices are down 1.59% today

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   What factors affect crude oil prices?

   • Nearly all the crude oil imported or produced in the U.S. is refined into petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil. The prices of U.S. WTI crude oil and international Brent crude oil are influenced by several factors that can change the market’s supply and demand balance.

   Crude oil prices today: WTI prices are down 1.59% today

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   What happened to Brent crude oil prices?

   • Brent crude oil prices hit their all-time high of $147.50/bbl during the oil market boom in July 2008. However, WTI futures contract prices dropped to as low as negative $40/bbl on April 20, 2020, driven largely by a lack of U.S. storage options during the COVID-19 pandemic.

   Crude oil prices today: WTI prices are down 1.59% today

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   How do I buy and sell crude oil futures contracts?

   • To buy and sell crude oil futures contracts, you must open a brokerage account that offers commodity futures trading. The primary futures contracts for WTI crude oil trades on the NYMEX under CL. The primary futures contracts for Brent crude oil trades on the ICE under the symbol B.

   Crude oil prices today: WTI prices are down 1.59% today

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