WTI Crude Oil futures rebound from 5-week lows as exports pressure prices.

WTI Crude Oil futures rebounded from five-week lows as the market balanced shifting supply dynamics. The EIA raised its 2026 price forecast, lifting the WTI estimate by 4% to $88 a barrel amid rapidly falling inventories and tight diesel supplies. However, crude faced pressure from recovering Middle East exports, with shipping data showing 12 million barrels a day leaving the region and Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline returning to 5.8 million barrels in throughput.