Someone’s celebrating on Wall Street.
After dropping to a 7-month low on Wednesday, crude oil prices managed a 1% improvement Thursday following threats by Russia to halt oil and gas exports. The day also left Oklahoma energy stocks with a mix of gains and losses.
West Texas Intermediate crude for October delivery rose $1.60 or about 2% to 483.54 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Global benchmark Brent crude for November delivery went up less than 1% or $1.15 and settled at $89.15 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
October natural gas rose 8 cents or about 1% to $7.92 per 1,000 cubic feet.
A mix of gains and losses was recorded by Oklahoma energy stocks. The biggest gain of the day was about 3% for Chesapeake Energy while 3% also happened to be the biggest loss of the day recorded by Williams.
Apache (APA) up 0.26 at 36.93 – change 0.70%
Cheniere (LNG) up 3.51 at 159.18 – change 2.25%
Chevron (CVX) up 0.84 at 155.94 – change 0.54%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 1.56 at 108.32 – change 1.46%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 0.62 at 132.19 – change 0.47%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.11 at 11.58 – change 0.95%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.17 at 26.53 – change 0.64%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 1.12 at 118.31 – change 0.96%
ExxonMobil (XOM) up 0.77 at 94.91 – change 0.81%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.18 at 18.03 – change 1.00%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.69 at 25.61 – change 2.76%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) down 0.27 at 17.01 – change 1.57%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) down 0.82 at 64.61 – change 1.26%
Phillips 66 (PSX) down 0.39 at 85.93 – change 0.46%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 0.52 at 234.02 – change 0.23%
Tellurian Inc. (TELL) up 0.06 at 4.37 – change 1.39%
Valero (VLO) down 0.69 at 111.93 – change 0.62%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) down 0.76 at 103.98 – change 0.73%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.03 at 32.70 – change 0.09%
Entergy (ETR) down 0.69 at 118.48 – change 0.58%