Brent crude rises to $105.10 as attacks hit Saudi Arabia
Oil opens the week above $105 a barrel as Houthi strikes hit Saudi airports and Aramco sites, with U.S. inflation data due this week.
Brent crude, the benchmark that sets oil prices in Europe and much of the world, rose 0.4% to $105.10 a barrel at the start of the Asian session that opens the week, according to Bloomberg Línea. The page is dated Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, at 6:57 p.m., with no time zone given. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the U.S. benchmark, was virtually unchanged.
The outlet says the rise reflects stronger attacks on Saudi Arabia by the Houthis, the armed group from Yemen. On Sunday another strike hit the kingdom's most important airport, barely a day after one that left 12 dead, and fears are growing of a wider conflict that could involve the United States and disrupt energy supplies.
The news agency EFE adds that the Houthis claimed attacks on the Riyadh and Dammam airports, and on the Shugadam gas plant and the Tanajib refinery of the state oil company Aramco. At the Riyadh terminal, Saudi authorities count at least 12 dead and 309 wounded. The air-strike figures given by the Houthi spokesman have no independent verification.
The East-West pipeline was already hit. An Oct. 5 attack damaged the Jurais pumping station and halted the flow, according to an energy-sector source cited by AFP via Infobae.
For Mexico, which imports fuels, a barrel above $100 raises the reference cost of gasoline and diesel. None of the sources consulted claims a direct effect on prices at Mexican gas stations.
Bloomberg Línea says investors are waiting this week for U.S. consumer price data for September, with no date given, and for testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh. Brent's level at Monday's close may differ from this opening quote.
