WTI Crude Holds a 0.30% Gain as Brent Futures Turn Lower

WTI crude futures were still slightly higher in Tuesday morning trading while Brent slipped into negative territory, splitting the benchmarks after each had gained more than 2% earlier.

At 7:37 a.m. ET (12:37 UTC), West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the U.S. crude benchmark, was up 0.30% at $96.752 a barrel. Brent crude futures were down 0.15% at $104.617 a barrel.

The snapshot put the contracts on opposite sides of unchanged: WTI held a small gain while Brent was lower. Brent’s quoted price was higher than WTI’s at that time.