WTI Crude Rises 4.0% Intraday to $101.9 a Barrel

Reclaiming the $100 level matters less for the headline print than for what it says about how quickly the benchmark can reprice when momentum turns. A move of this size in a single session tends to pull attention back to energy as an inflation input rather than a standalone trade, which is where the read-across to broader risk assets sits. Whether the benchmark holds above that threshold, or gives it back as fast as it arrived, is the open question.