Tuesday’s trading brought another increase in crude oil prices in the U.S. and abroad with West Texas Intermediate crude settling back above the $60 mark.
WTI for May delivery went up 48 cents to $60.18 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude oil for June delivery rose 39 cents to finish at $63.67 a barrel in ICE Futures Europe.
May natural gas rose 6 cents to $2.62 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Oklahoma energy stocks didn’t have a strong showing in Tuesday’s trading.
Alliance Resource Partners dropped 8 cents to $5.65 for a 1.40% loss.
Blueknight Energy Partners was unchanged at $3.17.
Chesapeake Energy rose 6 cents to $45.51 for a gain of 0.13%.
Cimarex Energy fell 3 cents to $61.86 for a loss of 0.048%.
Continental Resources Inc. finished up 16 cents at $25.37 for a gain of less than 1%.
Cypress Environmental Partners lost 4.02% on a 9 cent tumble to $2.15.
Devon Energy dropped 19 cents for a 0.87% loss to $21.69.
Enable Midstream Partners fell 11 cents for a 1.59% loss to $6.81.
Chevron (CVX) up 0.46 at 102.24 – change 0.45%
ConocoPhillips (COP) down 0.08 at 50.79 – change 0.14%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 1.88 at 75.76 – change 2.54%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) down 0.08 at 8.00 – change 0.87%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) down 0.06 at 22.94 – change 0.27%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 0.30 at 70.40 – change 0.42%
ExxonMobil (XOM) up 0.21 at 55.71 – change 0.37%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) down 0.01 at 16.48 – change 0.07%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) down 0.01 at 10.76 – change 0.10%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) down 0.12 at 13.03 – change 0.92%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.06 at 24.29 – change 0.24%
Phillips 66 (PSX) unchanged at 77.62 – change 0.00%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) up 0.66 at 145.68 – change 0.45%
Valero (VLO) down 0.02 at 70.28 – change 0.03%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.72 at 86.72 – change 0.83%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.32 at 23.66 – change 1.37%
Entergy (ETR) up 1.44 at 103.41 – change 1.41%