WTI Crude Price History 2016

WTI Crude in 2016: it rose 45.0% from the previous year’s final close, to $53.72 per barrel.

Year high$54.5112 Dec 2016
Year low$26.0511 Feb 2016
Start$37.04
Year end$53.72
Change+45.03%

Monthly prices 2016

MonthOpenHighLowCloseChange
January$37.60$38.39$26.19$33.62−10.6%
February$33.83$34.69$26.05$33.75−0.2%
March$33.90$41.90$33.37$38.34+13.1%
April$38.14$46.78$35.24$45.92+20.4%
May$45.90$50.21$43.03$49.10+7.0%
June$48.82$51.67$45.83$48.33−1.0%
July$48.38$49.35$40.57$41.60−14.0%
August$41.35$48.75$39.19$44.70+8.1%
September$44.85$48.32$42.55$48.24+7.6%
October$48.04$51.93$46.63$46.86−2.5%
November$46.77$49.90$42.20$49.44+5.7%
December$49.07$54.51$48.98$53.72+9.5%

Daily closes of the front-month future, USD per barrel. Monthly change is close versus first open of the month.

WTI Crude price chart

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Historical data are for information only and may contain gaps or differences from other sources. See our methodology.