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Brent settled up $5.10 at $123.21 a barrel and WTI rose $3.72 to $119.40. Both benchmarks hit their highest since July 2008 during the session, with Brent touching $139.13.
The rally followed talk of banning Russian oil and delays in Iran nuclear deal talks.
Prolonged crude spikes raise diesel and freight costs for feed mills and push up input costs for grain, oilseed and protein processing. Energy-driven rallies also tend to lift biofuel-linked vegetable oil and corn demand.
reuters.comShariq Khan, Stephanie KellyMar 7, 2022After 656 past bullish geopolitics events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median +1.9% over 5 sessions (63% higher; middle half -2.7% to +6.6%), and +0.7% over 20.
After 626 past bullish geopolitics events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median +2.1% over 5 sessions (62% higher; middle half -2.3% to +8.5%), and +1.6% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Brent settled at $123.21 on March 7, touching $139.13, on Russian oil ban talk and Iran deal delays, directly producing the end-of-window spike.
