Will WTI Crude Oil (WTI) hit (LOW) $70 in June?

Prediction markets put the probability at 40%: Will WTI Crude Oil (WTI) hit (LOW) $70 in June. Currently, markets are divided (40% YES, 60% NO).

What’s Happening

West Texas Intermediate crude fell more than 2% on Tuesday, June 16 to a fresh three-month low, with the front-month contract down $2.22, or 2.8%, at $78.53 a barrel after touching $78.27 — the lowest level since March 10. The slide extended Monday's nearly 5% drop, which followed President Donald Trump's announcement of an interim deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the Gulf war. Traders are weighing the prospect of resumed Persian Gulf supply against softer physical demand, with the question of whether wti crude oil (wti) hit (low) $70 in june hinging on how quickly tanker flows normalize through the end of the month. [Kitco, Jun 16]

Goldman Sachs cut its Brent forecast on Monday, June 15, lowering its Q4 2026 average to $80 a barrel from $90, with a team led by Daan Struyven citing the Trump-Iran MoU as bringing forward the recovery in Persian Gulf crude trade by roughly a month. Citi moved more aggressively the same day, cutting its average Brent forecasts to $75 and $70 per barrel for Q3 and Q4 2026 respectively, and trimming its 2027 forecast to $65 from $80. The downgrades reflect bank-side conviction that Hormuz flows will normalize rather than face a prolonged closure, removing the war-risk premium that pushed WTI above $100 in May. [CNBC, Jun 16]

Crude has now retraced roughly 18% from its May peak as demand concerns layer on top of the supply-recovery narrative, with WTI sliding from triple-digit highs into the high-$70s over six weeks. The key variable for whether wti crude oil (wti) hit (low) $70 in june is the pace of physical tanker resumption through Hormuz alongside whether OPEC+ adjusts output guidance in response to the diplomatic shift. With WTI trading near $78.50 mid-session on June 16, a further decline of roughly $8.50, or about 11%, would be required within the remaining two weeks of the month to print a sub-$70 handle — a move comparable in scale to the cumulative two-day drop already recorded after the MoU announcement. [Reuters, Jun 15]

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