Brent-Linked XBRUSD Quote Falls 5.3% to $95.87 a Barrel

Brent-linked XBRUSD fell below $96 a barrel Monday morning, with a $95.87 quote at 9:22 a.m. ET (14:22 UTC) marking a 5.3% decline from the previous trading session’s close.

The move gave crypto and broader risk markets a sharp oil-price change to track.

The quote was 13 cents below $96. Its percentage decline uses the previous session’s close as the baseline, rather than the start of Monday’s trading. The $95.87 figure was a snapshot, not a closing price for the day.

A separate 9:25 a.m. ET oil-market update showed Brent down 5% intraday and West Texas Intermediate crude down 4.6% intraday. Those intraday changes use a different measurement window from XBRUSD’s previous-close comparison.