Oil retreats as weaker demand forecasts and a large United States inventory build challenge the war premium

Brent and WTI fell more than 1% at the morning checkpoint, but the unresolved United States-Iran dispute kept physical-shipping risk elevated.

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Brent was down 1.5% at $87.69 and WTI 1.6% at $81.97 at Reuters' morning checkpoint after OPEC cut its 2026 demand-growth forecast to 580,000 barrels per day and the IEA maintained a materially weaker demand view.

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