Crude oil prices are making a slow return to higher levels following losses from last week and rose more than half a dollar in Monday’s trading. At the same time, Oklahoma energy stocks made gains too.
West Texas Intermediate crude for December delivery went up 66 cents to settle at $81.93 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Global benchmark Brent crude for January delivery rose 69 cents or 0.83% and finished the day at $83.43 per barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
Natural gas for December delivery closed down 9 cents or 2.50% at $5.43 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Monday brought gains for many Oklahoma energy stocks including NGL Energy’s more than 7% increase and the 5% jump for Continental Resources.
Apache (APA) up 0.76 at 30.66 – change 2.54%
Cheniere (LNG) up 0.21 at 108.03 – change 0.19%
Chevron (CVX) up 0.41 at 115.15 – change 0.35%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 0.48 at 75.93 – change 0.63%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 1.92 at 115.71 – change 1.68%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.05 at 9.35 – change 0.53%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.17 at 22.75 – change 0.75%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 1.87 at 96.99 – change 1.96%
ExxonMobil (XOM) up 0.70 at 65.72 – change 1.07%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) down 0.11 at 16.84 – change 0.65%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.15 at 17.22 – change 0.87%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) up 0.23 at 14.89 – change 1.56%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.87 at 34.29 – change 2.60%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 0.22 at 77.98 – change 0.28%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) up 1.14 at 186.45 – change 0.62%
Valero (VLO) down 0.15 at 77.78 – change 0.18%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) down 1.14 at 83.90 – change 1.35%
CenterPoint (CNP) down 0.15 at 26.52 – change 0.57%
Entergy (ETR) down 3.17 at 101.08 – change 3.75%