Crude oil prices made gains on Tuesday after there were signals from U.S. data indicating that inflation might be starting to decline.
West Texas Intermediate crude for December delivery recorded a $1.05 a barrel gain or more than 1% to settle at $86.92 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Global benchmark Brent crude for January delivery went up 72 cents or less than 1% and closed at $93.86 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
December natural gas rose 10 cents to $6.03 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Most Oklahoma energy stocks recorded gains for the day including a 5% increase for Ovintiv. The most dramatic drop of the day belonged to Mammoth Energy which suffered a nearly 24% loss.
Apache (APA) up 1.83 at 49.04 – change 3.87%
Cheniere (LNG) up 0.87 at 165.37 – change 0.52%
Chevron (CVX) up 1.50 at 188.05 – change 0.80%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 1.06 at 134.09 – change 0.79%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 3.46 at 167.03 – change 2.11%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.01 at 12.04 – change 0.08%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) down 0.01 at 24.89 – change 0.05%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 1.12 at 147.30 – change 0.76%
ExxonMobil (XOM) up 0.76 at 114.13 – change 0.67%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.13 at 18.66 – change 0.70%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.53 at 32.94 – change 1.63%
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) up 0.47 at 23.67 – change 2.02%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 1.14 at 74.43 – change 1.56%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 0.85 at 111.11 – change 0.77%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) up 6.95 at 262.39 – change 2.72%
Tellurian Inc. (TELL) up 0.15 at 2.92 – change 5.41%
Valero (VLO) up 3.91 at 140.71 – change 2.85%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.56 at 89.22 – change 0.63%
CenterPoint (CNP) unchanged at 29.13 – change 0.00%
Entergy (ETR) up 0.97 at 109.53 – change 0.89%