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Oil Records Its Biggest Quarterly Price Drop in Six Years — Good News for India's Import Bill
MarketWatch·Wednesday, 1 July 2026
Oil prices posted their largest quarterly drop in six years as workarounds to the Strait of Hormuz bottleneck and a fall in Chinese crude imports helped ease the supply crunch. The easing of what the article calls a historic supply crunch has brought prices down significantly. The quarter ending July 1, 2026 marks a major shift in global energy markets.
Why It Matters
India is one of the world's biggest oil importers, so cheaper crude directly lowers the country's import bill and can ease fuel prices at the pump for ordinary people.
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