Brent Falls to $100 as Traders Bet on a U.S.-Iran Deal
Oil traders are pricing a U.S.-Iran settlement and discounting the threats around it. As of 9:40 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Brent had fallen $3.04, or 2.9%, to $100.60 per barrel, its third straight loss, and WTI had dropped $2.86, or 3%, to $93.23. Murban slipped $1.27 to $100.90. Both crude benchmarks
<p>Oil traders are pricing a U.S.-Iran settlement and discounting the threats around it. As of 9:40 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Brent had fallen $3.04, or 2.9%, to $100.60 per barrel, its third straight loss, and WTI had dropped $2.86, or 3%, to $93.23. Murban slipped $1.27 to $100.90. Both crude benchmarks </p>