Front Month ICE Brent Crude for Nov. delivery gained $2.75 per barrel, or 3.65% to $78.09 this week

--Largest one week net and percentage gain since the week ending Aug. 27, 2021

--Up for five consecutive weeks

--Today it is up 84.00 cents or 1.09%

--Up for four consecutive sessions

--Up $4.17 or 5.64% over the last four sessions

--Largest four day dollar gain since Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021

--Largest four day percentage gain since Friday, Aug. 27, 2021

--Longest winning streak since Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, when the market rose for five straight sessions

--Up nine of the past 11 sessions

--A new 52-week high

--Highest settlement value since Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, when it settlementd at $79.83

--Up 108.46% from its 52-week low of $37.46 hit Friday, Oct. 30, 2020

--Rose 86.28% from 52 weeks ago

--Up 52.85% from its 2021 settlement low of $51.09 hit Monday, Jan. 4, 2021

--Off 46.54% from its record high of $146.08 hit Thursday, July 3, 2008

--Month-to-date it is up 6.99%

--Year-to-date it is up $26.29 or 50.75%

All prices are calculated based on the settlement price of the current front month contract.

Source: Dow Jones Market Data

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

09-24-21 1514ET