Oil futures settled higher Nov. 10 as optimism surrounding a coronavirus vaccine boosted demand outlooks. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now NYMEX December WTI settled $1.07 higher at $41.36/b, and ICE January Brent was up $1.21 at $43.61/b. Energy prices continued to benefit from demand-side optimism following Nov. 9 news from Pfizer and BioNTech that their coronavirus vaccine had shown itself to be more than 90% effective in a Phase 3 trial. Front-month Brent settled at the highest since Sept. 3, while WTI was last higher Oct. 20. NYMEX December RBOB settled 3.34 cents higher at $1.1941/gal, and December ULSD was up 3.58 cents at $1.2525/gal. “The market was just too negative, and now with hope for a vaccine—even if next year—in […]