Intelligence Feed event · Geopolitical · 2026-07-18

    Shanghai crude futures jump 5% intraday on Middle East supply risk

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    Shanghai crude futures jump 5% intraday on Middle East supply risk

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    Bullish for Shanghai crude futures (SCmain) and Chinese refiners; supports global benchmarks WTI (CL) and Brent (BZ), while adding upward pressure to inflation expectations and shipping costs.

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    Market Ontology
    Evidence through
    2026-07-18
    Published
    2026-10-20
    Revision
    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “Shanghai crude futures jump 5% intraday on Middle East supply risk”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-07-18. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-07-18/shanghai-crude-futures-jump-5-intraday-on-middle-east-supply-risk-b46314

    GEOPOLITICAL
    Shanghai crude futures jump 5% intraday on Middle East supply risk
    Bullish for Shanghai crude futures (SCmain) and Chinese refiners; supports global benchmarks WTI (CL) and Brent (BZ), while adding upward pressure to inflation expectations and shipping costs.
    SCMAINCLBZ
    Impact
    55
    JUL 18
    SIG
    SCMAINCLBZ
    Shanghai crude futures jump 5% intraday on Middle East supply risk
    Bullish for Shanghai crude futures (SCmain) and Chinese refiners; supports global benchmarks WTI (CL) and Brent (BZ), while adding upward pressure to inflation expectations and shipping costs.
    Impact
    Bullish for Shanghai crude futures (SCmain) and Chinese refiners; supports global benchmarks WTI (CL) and Brent (BZ), while adding upward pressure to inflation expectations and shipping costs.
    Affected
    SCMAINCLBZ
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    What happened next

    AssetCallBase close+1 day+5 days+20 days
    CLUpdisagreed92.98 2026-07-17-1.13%-2.40%-1.11%

    Closing prices from stored daily bars; returns measured from the last close on or before the event date. Not a recommendation.

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