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West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures on the New York market closed lower on Friday (January 2), the first trading day of 2026, after facing its sharpest year-on-year decline since 2020. Investors weighed concerns about oversupply against geopolitical risks, including the war in Ukraine and Venezuela's oil exports. Later, medical sources in Yemen revealed that more than 20 people have died and dozens more have been injured after Saudi Arabian warplanes intensified airstrikes on several areas in the oil-rich southeastern Hadramout province on Friday.