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Brent settles above $100 for first time since 2022 (market milestone)

2026-03-12 · market

Brent crude settled at $100.46 per barrel, its first close above $100 since August 2022, as markets doubted the IEA release could bridge the supply gap. Included as a dated market milestone only; no causal claim.

Brent next close +12.5% · +7 days +22.1% · transits 1.4 → 1.6 per day

Sources

CNBC · US EIA

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Computed, not asserted — every number here is derived from public data: official EIA Brent closes via FRED, IMF PortWatch transit counts, Polymarket and Kalshi odds, and source-linked curated events. Method and caveats · Atom feed · llms.txt

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