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Oil Price Today (August 11): Crude oil rises to $88 after Trump's compensation demand dents Hormuz opening. Here's why

The Economic Times - General Trade press Published 11th August 2026 India

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Brent crude futures were flat at $88 a barrel or 0.35%, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures stood at $83.50, up 0.40% a barrel. Both benchmarks had jumped more than 5% on Monday, hitting their highest levels since July 31.

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The Economic Times - General · Trade Publication
Published
11th August 2026
Original report
economictimes.indiatimes.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

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Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
India
Organisations
None identified
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11th August 2026 · 02:35

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (30.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (37.0/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

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Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity
Possibly the same underlying story as Oil Rises on Uncertainty Over Reopening of Hormuz — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.