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$89.03 per barrel: Brent crude futures settled there, posting a loss of $1.71 or 1.88% on the day.
The numbers reconcile cleanly: $89.03 plus $1.71 equals $90.74, the implied prior settlement and the exact level from which the 1.88% decline was calculated. The close lands the global oil benchmark below the $90 handle.
The settlement in full The session produced three figures: a settled price of $89.03, a per-barrel loss of $1.71, and a percentage decline of 1.88%.
At 1.88%, the move is not a rounding artifact; it reflects a real $1.71 step down from $90.74. Brent crude futures serve as the reference price for a large share of globally traded crude.
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