Oil Prices Skyrocket in March, Smashing Historic Records
WTI Crude Oil futures (CL1:COM) settled at $102.88 per barrel on Monday, marking the first close above the $100 threshold since July 2022.
The milestone caps a record-breaking month for oil markets, with international benchmark Brent Crude (CO1:COM) soaring approximately 55% in March-the largest monthly gain since the contract's inception in 1988, surpassing the previous record of 46% set during the first Gulf War in September 1990.