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Brent touches $126.41, a four-year high (market milestone)

2026-04-30 · market

Brent crude touched $126.41 per barrel intraday in thin overnight trading, its highest level in four years, before pulling back sharply to close lower (around $114-116). Included as a dated market milestone only; no causal claim.

Brent next close +0.1% · +7 days -18.0% · transits 3.0 → 3.6 per day

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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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