Reduced Tanker Flows Through Strait of Hormuz Boosts Crude Prices

August WTI crude oil (CLQ26 ) on Monday closed up +1.52 (+2.20%), and August RBOB gasoline (RBQ26 ) closed up +0.0753 (+2.66%). Crude oil and gasoline prices settled sharply higher on Monday amid escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, which have slowed the flow of oil tankers through the...A sunset over a fuel tanker by Sebastian via Pixabay