Data
Price watch: Brent doubles in a year, steel and truck rates at 12-month highs
Brent's official spot price has doubled in a year, US steel and truckload costs are at 12-month highs, and a firmer rupee is trimming import bills for Indian buyers.
Markets & Data
Business intelligence for buyers: commodity prices, currency moves, input costs and the economic data behind them.
Input costs
Markets and data- Brent crude oil (spot)
- 126.55
- ▲ 0.4%in a week
- $ per barrel, 14 Oct
- US on-highway diesel
- 6.276
- ▲ 1.6%in a week
- $ per gallon, 19 Oct
- Copper
- 13,543
- ▼ 0.1%in a month
- $ per tonne, Jul 2026
- US$ to Indian rupee
- 94.93
- ▼ 0.4%in a week
- rupees per $, 20 Oct
- US$ to Chinese yuan
- 6.6780
- ▼ 0.2%in a week
- yuan per $, 20 Oct
- US$ to euro
- 0.8917
- ▼ 0.2%in a week
- euros per $, 20 Oct
Analysis
Brent above $100 and record tanker earnings: India's Q4 cost squeeze
Brent touched a five-month high of $111.99 on 20 October and tanker earnings are at records. Indian buyers face a fuel-heavy Q4 even as container rates fall.