Crude Oil Prices Jump: US Benchmark WTI Follows Brent To Go Above $100 by NDTV Profits | March 16, 2026 9:26 am | Latest Posts, Market, Trending News West Texas Intermediate futures, the US benchmark, climbed to as high as $102.4 per barrel before turning lower. Global benchmark Brent traded around $104 a barrel after earlier adding as much as 3.3%.