Oil Prices Set to Slump 19% in May as Market Bets on U.S.-Iran Deal

Early on Friday, oil prices were on track to plunge by 19% in May as traders and speculators bet on an extended ceasefire and an eventual U. S. -Iran deal despite the biggest physical supply disruption in history.

Brent Crude prices were poised to drop by 19% in May by the end of the trade day on Friday, which would be the steepest monthly decline in prices since 2020. Early on Friday, Brent Crude front-month futures traded flat at $93. 84 per barrel, while the U. S. benchmark, WTI Crude, was down by 0.