Brent Crude Oil Price Today
Brent Crude Oil Price Today
Track the live Brent crude oil price today, review recent intraday movement, and compare short-term action with longer historical trends for one of the world’s leading global oil benchmarks.
For longer-term trends, view the Brent Crude Oil 1 year chart or compare with the WTI crude oil price .
Brent crude oil prices can move quickly during the trading day as global supply expectations, OPEC+ decisions, shipping conditions, refinery demand, and macroeconomic signals change.
Brent Crude Oil (Brent)
$94.18
-0.46 (-0.49%)
USD per barrel • High 95.11 • Low 93.97 • Avg 94.43 • 319 pts
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Last update: Jun 8, 2026 1:43 PM
Window start: Jun 8, 2026 7:43 AM
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Quick Facts
Brent Crude Oil
USD per barrel
Current: $94.18
24h High: $97.91
24h Low: $93.74
24h Avg: $95.70
Market: Global crude oil benchmark
Focus: Closely followed as a global reference point for crude oil pricing.
Brent Crude Oil Price Today Overview
This page shows the live Brent Crude Oil price today together with a short-term chart of recent movement. Intraday pricing can help highlight short-term momentum, pullbacks, and bursts of volatility during active trading periods.
For broader context, use the history links above to compare today’s movement with 1-month, 1-year, and long-term trends. That combination makes it easier to separate short-term noise from larger market direction.
What Moves Brent Crude Oil Prices?
Brent crude oil prices reflect global oil market conditions and are influenced by worldwide supply and demand trends. Traders closely monitor OPEC+ production decisions, refinery demand, shipping activity, geopolitical tensions, and economic growth expectations. Because Brent is widely used as an international benchmark, disruptions affecting major oil-producing regions can quickly impact prices. Currency movements, transportation costs, inventory changes, and broader market sentiment also contribute to day-to-day fluctuations.
Why Brent Crude Oil Matters
Brent crude is one of the world's most widely followed oil benchmarks and serves as a pricing reference for a significant portion of internationally traded crude oil. Because it reflects global supply and demand conditions, Brent is often viewed as a useful indicator of worldwide energy market sentiment. Governments, producers, refiners, and investors monitor Brent to better understand changing conditions across international oil markets. See how this has evolved over time in the 5 year price chart .
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Brent crude oil?
Brent crude oil is one of the world's most important oil benchmarks and is widely used to price internationally traded crude oil. It originates from oil fields in the North Sea and serves as a reference price for a large portion of global oil production.
Why is Brent crude important?
Brent is considered the primary international crude oil benchmark. Governments, energy companies, traders, refiners, and investors monitor Brent prices to understand global oil market conditions and broader energy trends.
What affects Brent crude prices?
Brent prices respond to global supply and demand conditions, OPEC+ production decisions, refinery demand, shipping activity, geopolitical events, economic growth expectations, and disruptions affecting oil-producing regions.
How is Brent different from WTI?
Brent reflects international crude oil markets while WTI primarily reflects North American market conditions. Transportation, storage, and regional supply factors can create price differences between the two benchmarks.
Why do traders watch Brent prices?
Because Brent influences pricing for much of the world's crude oil trade, movements in Brent can provide insight into global energy demand, production trends, and overall market sentiment.
Learn More About Brent Crude Oil
Read our educational guide to understand what Brent Crude Oil is, why it matters, and how it affects broader energy markets.
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