{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "slug": "brent-crude-price",
  "name": "Brent crude price",
  "question": "What is the Brent crude oil price today?",
  "question_zh": "今天布伦特原油价格是多少？",
  "measure": "ICE Brent front-month futures, US dollars per barrel",
  "page_title": "What is the Brent crude oil price today?",
  "description": "ICE Brent front-month futures, US dollars per barrel. Latest value, history and source, published by Yahoo Finance.",
  "explainer": [
    "This is the front-month Brent crude futures quote from Yahoo Finance, in US dollars per barrel.",
    "Brent is the waterborne benchmark that prices most of the crude China imports, so it feeds directly into Chinese producer prices and refining margins.",
    "It is a futures price for the front contract, not a dated physical cargo price."
  ],
  "how_measured": [
    "This is the front-month Brent crude futures quote from Yahoo Finance, in US dollars per barrel.",
    "Brent is the waterborne benchmark that prices most of the crude China imports, so it feeds directly into Chinese producer prices and refining margins.",
    "It is a futures price for the front contract, not a dated physical cargo price."
  ],
  "unit": "USD/bbl",
  "unit_label": "USD/bbl",
  "publisher": "Yahoo Finance",
  "publisher_zh": "雅虎财经",
  "source_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BZ=F",
  "verify_url": "https://www.ice.com/brent-crude-futures",
  "creator": "China Snapshot Limited",
  "derived": false,
  "as_of": "2026-10-30T20:37:07+08:00",
  "history_start": "2026-10-02",
  "history_end": "2026-10-30",
  "temporal_coverage": "2026-10-02/2026-10-30",
  "latest": {
    "series": "Crude (Brent)",
    "period": "2026-10-30",
    "value": 111.54,
    "unit": "USD/bbl",
    "decimals": 1,
    "change_on_prior": -0.9,
    "source": "Yahoo Finance",
    "source_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BZ=F",
    "provenance": "",
    "as_of": "2026-10-30T06:01:13+08:00"
  },
  "next_release": {
    "known": false,
    "date": null,
    "label": null,
    "publisher": "Yahoo Finance",
    "note": "This series has no advance public calendar. A new point appears with the next print."
  },
  "series": [
    {
      "name": "Crude (Brent)",
      "unit": "USD/bbl",
      "decimals": 1,
      "points": [
        {
          "period": "2026-10-02",
          "value": 100.02
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-03",
          "value": 102.7
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-04",
          "value": 102.25
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-05",
          "value": 102.25
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-06",
          "value": 100.32
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-07",
          "value": 101.15
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-08",
          "value": 100.95
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-09",
          "value": 103.92
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-10",
          "value": 104.43
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-11",
          "value": 104.72
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-12",
          "value": 104.72
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-13",
          "value": 105.92
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-14",
          "value": 106.36
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-15",
          "value": 106.06
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-16",
          "value": 105.73
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-17",
          "value": 109.69
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-18",
          "value": 109.86
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-19",
          "value": 109.86
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-20",
          "value": 109.21
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-28",
          "value": 109.84
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-29",
          "value": 112.48
        },
        {
          "period": "2026-10-30",
          "value": 111.54
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "chart_series": [
    "Crude (Brent)"
  ],
  "recent": [
    {
      "period": "2026-10-02",
      "value": 100.02
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-03",
      "value": 102.7
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-04",
      "value": 102.25
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-05",
      "value": 102.25
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-06",
      "value": 100.32
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-07",
      "value": 101.15
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-08",
      "value": 100.95
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-09",
      "value": 103.92
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-10",
      "value": 104.43
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-11",
      "value": 104.72
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-12",
      "value": 104.72
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-13",
      "value": 105.92
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-14",
      "value": 106.36
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-15",
      "value": 106.06
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-16",
      "value": 105.73
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-17",
      "value": 109.69
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-18",
      "value": 109.86
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-19",
      "value": 109.86
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-20",
      "value": 109.21
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-28",
      "value": 109.84
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-29",
      "value": 112.48
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-30",
      "value": 111.54
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "wti-crude-price",
    "copper-price",
    "china-ppi",
    "gold-price"
  ],
  "distribution": {
    "csv": "/data/indicators/brent-crude-price.csv",
    "json": "/api/indicators/brent-crude-price.json"
  },
  "data_range": {
    "min": 100.02,
    "max": 112.48,
    "count": 22
  },
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "What is the Brent crude oil price today?",
      "answer": "111.5 for 2026-10-30, published by Yahoo Finance (雅虎财经). That is down 0.9 from the prior print. China Snapshot collected it on 2026-10-30."
    },
    {
      "question": "Where does the Brent crude price data come from?",
      "answer": "The series is published by Yahoo Finance (雅虎财经) at https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BZ=F. China Snapshot collects it, keeps the history, and gives it away as a free CSV."
    },
    {
      "question": "How far back does the Brent crude price history go?",
      "answer": "This page holds 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-30 as a chart and a table, and the CSV download carries the full series. last updated 2026-10-30."
    }
  ]
}