WTI’s Four-Day Rise Supports the View That Saudi Arabia Attacks Eclipsed Trump’s Diesel Deal

Reuters reports that oil prices rose as attacks involving Saudi Arabia overshadowed Trump’s diesel deal.

Yahoo Finance data accessed via yfinance show WTI, the U.S. crude benchmark, at $94.85 per barrel, up 1.18% over one day and 6.05% over one week after four consecutive up days. Brent crude stood at $106.45 per barrel, down 0.19% over one day, so the daily increase was not uniform across both benchmarks.

Together, the report and market data let readers interpret the attack-related news as the stronger influence on WTI’s short-term rise, rather than evidence of a market-wide daily advance driven by the diesel deal. That interpretation would change if subsequent Yahoo Finance data show WTI’s rising streak ending and its one-week change turning non-positive.

Source: Reuters — published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 18:36:35 GMT; retrieved 2026-10-13T20:41:58.522419+00:00. Supporting market data: Yahoo Finance via yfinance, as of 2026-10-13.