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Daily morning note, 18 Jun 2026

Brent, WTI and Henry Hub from the EIA daily spot, with the change from the previous print, from about a week earlier and from about a month earlier. EIA publishes the spot one to two business days after the trade date.

Latest EIA print: 3 Nov 2026

EIA publishes the daily spot one to two business days after the trade date. A Monday trade date is often on the site on Tuesday. Weekends and US holidays widen the calendar gap, so the print date is not the day this page was opened.

This note uses Brent 18 Jun 2026, WTI 18 Jun 2026, Henry Hub 18 Jun 2026.

Fetched Fri 6 Nov 2026, 22:07 UK. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Open Data API.

Prints

Day-on-day is the previous EIA print. Week-on-week is the newest print on or before seven calendar days earlier. Month-on-month is the newest print on or before thirty calendar days earlier. A missing comparison is left blank.

EIA daily spot changes
SeriesTrade dateLatestDayWeekMonth
BrentRBRTE18 Jun 202679.35USD/bbl-0.98-1.22%vs 17 Jun 2026-13.49-14.53%vs 11 Jun 2026-35.29-30.78%vs 19 May 2026
WTIRWTC18 Jun 202680.35USD/bbl-0.30-0.37%vs 17 Jun 2026-11.23-12.26%vs 11 Jun 2026-31.74-28.32%vs 19 May 2026
Henry HubRNGWHHD18 Jun 20263.08USD/MMBtu-0.17-5.23%vs 17 Jun 2026-0.08-2.53%vs 11 Jun 2026-0.15-4.64%vs 19 May 2026

Brent–WTI spread on 18 Jun 2026: $-1.00 per barrel (Brent 79.35 minus WTI 80.35).

Last five EIA prints

Brent
Brent last five EIA prints
06-1206-1506-1606-1706-18
88.6484.3680.5080.3379.35
WTI
WTI last five EIA prints
06-1206-1506-1606-1706-18
88.6284.6579.8080.6580.35
Henry Hub
Henry Hub last five EIA prints
06-1206-1506-1606-1706-18
3.063.063.103.253.08

Summary

Brent (EIA RBRTE) last printed at $79.35 per barrel on 18 Jun 2026. Day-on-day down $0.98 (-1.22%) from 17 Jun 2026. Week-on-week down $13.49 (-14.53%) from 11 Jun 2026. Month-on-month down $35.29 (-30.78%) from 19 May 2026.

WTI (EIA RWTC) last printed at $80.35 per barrel on 18 Jun 2026. Day-on-day down $0.30 (-0.37%) from 17 Jun 2026. Week-on-week down $11.23 (-12.26%) from 11 Jun 2026. Month-on-month down $31.74 (-28.32%) from 19 May 2026.

The Brent–WTI spread on 18 Jun 2026 was $1.00 per barrel (WTI above Brent). The spread is Brent minus WTI on that shared trade date.

Henry Hub (EIA RNGWHHD) last printed at $3.08 per MMBtu on 18 Jun 2026. Day-on-day down $0.17 (-5.23%) from 17 Jun 2026. Week-on-week down $0.08 (-2.53%) from 11 Jun 2026. Month-on-month down $0.15 (-4.64%) from 19 May 2026.

These figures are U.S. EIA daily spot prices. EIA publishes them with a lag of one to two business days after the trade date. Weekends and US holidays can make the calendar gap longer. The dates above are those trade dates.

Information only, not investment advice.

Releases from this trade date

Clocks are America/New_York and Europe/London. The UK time moves with the civil calendar, including weeks when the US and the UK change clocks on different days.

EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report

Wed 24 Jun 2026, 10:30 ET

Wed 24 Jun 2026, 15:30 UK

Wednesday 10:30 ET, or Thursday when a US federal holiday falls on the Monday or the Wednesday of that week.

Source

Baker Hughes rig count

Fri 19 Jun 2026, 13:00 ET

Fri 19 Jun 2026, 18:00 UK

Friday 1:00pm ET. Link only. This note does not republish rig-count figures.

Source

CFTC Commitments of Traders

Fri 19 Jun 2026, 15:30 ET

Fri 19 Jun 2026, 20:30 UK

Friday 3:30pm ET.

Source

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