WTI Price Consolidates Below $96 as Middle East Tensions Continue
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the benchmark US Crude Oil price, remains stuck in consolidation mode below $96.00 after a modest bounce from its weekly low of $94.65.
The latest geopolitical jitters in the Middle East are continuing to favor bulls as tensions between Iran and the US remain high.
US President Donald Trump has hinted at making a major decision on whether to resume large-scale attacks on Iran, which is keeping the premium for crude oil prices intact.
WTI's technical indicators show that it remains in a bullish near-term bias above its 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) and the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of its May-July corrective fall.