After reaching nearly $65 a barrel in trading last week, crude oil prices took a plunge in Friday’s trading and it took Oklahoma energy stocks with them.
West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery dropped $1.43 to $63.58 a barrel in trading on the NYMEX, a loss of 2.20%.
Global benchmark Brent crude for June delivery was off $1.31 and settled at $67.25 a barrel for a 1.91% loss in ICE Futures Europe.
June natural gas rose 2 cents to $2.93 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Oklahoma energy stocks suffered in Friday’s trading with one exception—Gulport Energy Corporation. Its stock rose 14.58% which despite the penny-stock trading was still a considerable gain. Shares finished the day at $0.055 cents.
Two of the firms with the biggest losses percentage wish were PHX Minerals Inc. where shares lost 9.97% on a 32 cent decline to $2.89; and Helmerich & Payne where the loss totaled 8.92% on a $2.51 drop to $25.63.
Here’s how others did.
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. lost 4.70% on a 27 cent fall to $5.48.
Blueknight Energy Partners LP dropped 12 cents for a 3.56% loss to $3.25.
Chesapeake Energy fell $1.38 for a 2.94% loss to $45.57.
Cimarex Energy Co. lost 1.44% on a 97 cent tumble to $66.20.
Continental Resources Inc. fell $1.12 for a 3.97% loss to $27.24.
Chevron (CVX) down 3.86 at 103.01 – change 3.61%
ConocoPhillips (COP) down 1.99 at 51.14 – change 3.75%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) down 2.61 at 81.73 – change 3.09%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) down 0.23 at 8.61 – change 2.60%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) down 0.40 at 23.01 – change 1.71%
EOG Resources (EOG) down 2.32 at 73.64 – change 3.05%
ExxonMobil (XOM) down 1.70 at 57.24 – change 2.88%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) down 0.24 at 17.05 – change 1.39%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) down 0.47 at 11.26 – change 4.01%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) down 0.29 at 14.95 – change 1.90%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) down 0.58 at 25.36 – change 2.24%
Phillips 66 (PSX) down 0.21 at 80.91 – change 0.26%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 5.74 at 153.83 – change 3.60%
Valero (VLO) down 0.90 at 73.96 – change 1.21%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.62 at 88.71 – change 0.70%
CenterPoint (CNP) down 0.02 at 24.49 – change 0.08%
Entergy (ETR) up 0.70 at 109.29 – change 0.64%