A dollar-a-barrel decline in crude oil prices Monday also took Oklahoma energy stocks down for the ride as some local stocks fell 5% and 6%.
Crude oil’s drop came after news of weak economic data from China along with still lingering concerns of another U.S. interest rate hike.
West Texas Intermediate crude dropped $1.12 or 1.5% to settle at $75.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude, considered the global benchmark for oil, fell $1.02 or 1.3% before closing at $78.45 on ICE Futures Europe.
Natural gas dropped 8 cents or nearly 4% before closing at $2.32 per thousand cubic feet.
Monday resulted in a weak response by Oklahoma energy stocks as Gulfport Energy Corp. fell 7% and Empire Petroleum slid more than 5%.
APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) up 0.05 at 36.90 – change 0.13%
Cheniere (LNG) unchanged at 153.00 – change 0.00%
Chevron (CVX) down 1.34 at 167.24 – change 0.80%
ConocoPhillips (COP) down 0.36 at 102.53 – change 0.35%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) down 0.27 at 141.93 – change 0.19%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.03 at 12.91 – change 0.23%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) down 0.01 at 26.30 – change 0.04%
EOG Resources (EOG) down 0.83 at 118.64 – change 0.70%
ExxonMobil (XOM) down 3.67 at 114.67 – change 3.11%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) down 0.05 at 17.10 – change 0.30%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) down 0.12 at 24.04 – change 0.50%
NOV Inc. (NOV) down 0.03 at 16.72 – change 0.18%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) down 0.36 at 61.17 – change 0.59%
Phillips 66 (PSX) down 0.60 at 98.40 – change 0.61%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 0.57 at 216.99 – change 0.26%
Tellurian Inc. (TELL) down 0.05 at 1.37 – change 3.53%
Valero (VLO) up 0.74 at 115.41 – change 0.64%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.23 at 92.65 – change 0.24%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.21 at 30.68 – change 0.68%
Entergy (ETR) down 0.17 at 107.41 – change 0.16%