Crude futures ended up in Friday’s trading but Oklahoma energy stocks weren’t so lucky. Some fell as much as 8%.
West Texas Intermediate crude for December contracts rose 41 cents to settle at $42.15, a nearly 1% increase.
Global benchmark Brent crude finished at $44.96 after a 76 cent climb and a gain of 1.72% on the ICE Futures Europe.
Natural gas also finished up for the day, rising 6 cents or 2.24% at $2.65 per MMBtu.
A lot stocks had a miserable day. Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. dropped 4 cents for a 1% decline to $4.02. Blueknight Energy Partners LP was one of the few to see an increase. Its shares rose 2 cents for a 1.24% gain to $1.63. Chesapeake Energy Corporation fell 3 cents or 1.13% and settled at $3.06.
Chevron (CVX) up 0.06 at 85.79 – change 0.06%
Concho Resources (CXO) up 0.21 at 57.45 – change 0.36%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 0.18 at 39.65 – change 0.45%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 0.40 at 39.85 – change 1.01%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) down 0.04 at 6.08 – change 0.66%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) down 0.40 at 18.98 – change 2.07%
EOG Resources (EOG) down 0.08 at 45.39 – change 0.16%
ExxonMobil (XOM) down 0.46 at 36.94 – change 1.23%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) down 0.15 at 14.25 – change 1.05%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) down 0.09 at 5.60 – change 1.59%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) unchanged at 12.31 – change 0.00%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.13 at 13.49 – change 0.97%
Parsley Energy (PE) down 0.11 at 12.06 – change 0.91%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 0.14 at 61.59 – change 0.22%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 0.82 at 95.81 – change 0.85%
Valero (VLO) down 0.39 at 50.82 – change 0.77%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.04 at 82.49 – change 0.04%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.03 at 23.46 – change 0.12%