As oil prices closed Friday in an upward trend, so did some of the stocks in major oil and gas companies.
West Texas Intermediate crude, set at the Cushing hub closed up $1.69 to settle at $53.76 per barrel or 3.25% higher.
Brent crude was up $1.38 and closed at $62.56 or 2.26% higher. Natural gas was up a penny and closed at $3.43.
CLOSING OIL & GAS STOCKS
Anadarko (APC) up 0.62 at 48.67 – change 1.29%
Apache (APA) up 0.65 at 32.09 – change 2.07%
Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) up 0.36 at 25.62 – change 1.43%
Chevron (CVX) up 2.41 at 114.37 – change 2.15%
Concho Resources (CXO) down 0.35 at 124.87 – change 0.28%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 0.84 at 67.90 – change 1.25%
Crown Castle Intl (CCI) down 0.01 at 107.61 – change 0.01%
Devon (DVN) up 0.75 at 27.14 – change 2.84%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 1.24 at 106.89 – change 1.17%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) down 0.04 at 14.57 – change 0.27%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 2.00 at 101.05 – change 2.02%
ExxonMobil (XOM) up 0.86 at 72.99 – change 1.19%
Halcon (HK) up 0.07 at 1.91 – change 3.80%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.29 at 18.01 – change 1.64%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) down 0.31 at 15.79 – change 1.96%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) up 0.66 at 30.45 – change 2.22%
Newfield Exploration (NFX) up 0.27 at 18.57 – change 1.48%
Noble Energy (NBL) up 0.20 at 23.39 – change 0.86%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 1.20 at 67.03 – change 1.82%
ONEOK (OKE) up 1.29 at 63.19 – change 2.08%
Parsley Energy (PE) up 0.07 at 19.05 – change 1.05%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 1.88 at 95.30 – change 2.01%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) up 1.63 at 144.90 – change 1.14%
United States Oil Fund (USO) up 0.28 at 11.30 – change 2.54%
Valero (VLO) up 2.10 at 82.59 – change 2.61%