Energy firms held their ground in Wednesday’s trading

While crude oil futures took a hit in Wednesday’s trading, Oklahoma related energy companies managed to continue their gains.

Alliance Resources dropped 7 cents for a 2.47% decline to $2.76. Blueknight Energy Partners closed down a dime or 1.70% to $5.78. Chesapeake Energy 10 cents for a 2.50% slide to $3.90 a share.

Cypress Environmental Partners LP lost 5 cents for a 2.33% decline to $2.10. Devon Energy gained 14 cents for a 1.44% increase to $9.87. Enable Midstream settled at $4.43, up 5 cents for a 1.14% gain.

Helmerich and Payne finished up 22 cents for a 1.53% gain to $14.61. Laredo Petroleum added 22 cents for a 1.53% increase to $14.61. Magellan Midstream settled at $35.40, up 18 cents.

Mammoth Energy finished Wednesday at $1.86, up 16 cents for a 9.41% gain. Matrix Services ended the day at $8.54, up 12 cents or a 1.43% gain. NGL Energy Partners slipped 13 cents a share for a 3.32% drop to $3.79.
OGE Energy Corp dropped 34 cents or 1% to $32.04. ONE Gas added 34 cents to settle at $72.15. ONEOK closed up 75 cents or 2.77% at $27.81 per share.
Ovintiv Inc. added 63 cents for a nearly 8% gain to $8.79. Panhandle Oil and Gas added one cent to settle at $1.48. SandRidge Energy finished up one cent to reach $1.76.
WPX Energy added 9 cents for a 2% gain to $5.08. Williams Cos. finished at $19.39, up six cents.
Other stocks finished this way—

Chevron (CVX) up 1.48 at 73.78 – change 2.04%

Concho Resources (CXO) up 1.21 at 44.59 – change 2.78%

ConocoPhillips (COP) up 1.03 at 34.33 – change 3.09%

Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 0.26 at 29.47 – change 0.89%

Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.10 at 5.49 – change 1.85%

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.01 at 16.39 – change 0.06%

EOG Resources (EOG) up 0.72 at 36.71 – change 2.00%

ExxonMobil (XOM) up 0.11 at 33.50 – change 0.32%

Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.32 at 12.59 – change 2.60%

Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.09 at 4.13 – change 2.22%

National Oilwell Varco (NOV) up 0.10 at 8.77 – change 1.15%

Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.15 at 10.28 – change 1.48%

Phillips 66 (PSX) up 0.87 at 51.93 – change 1.70%

Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) up 0.91 at 88.94 – change 1.03%

Valero (VLO) up 0.02 at 42.35 – change 0.04%

CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS

American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.18 at 88.61 – change 0.20%