Thursday’s gains in crude oil prices amounted to about 3% and took Oklahoma energy stocks on the climb as well with some stocks seeing 6% gains for the day.
The crude oil gain came ahead of this weekend’s OPEC+ meeting on Sunday.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) rose $2.01, or 3%, to settle at $70.10 a barrel, recording its biggest daily gains since May 5.
Brent crude futures settled at $74.28 a barrel, up by $1.68, or 2.3%, to $74.65 a barrel, their biggest daily gains since May 17.
Natural gas up 0.01 at $2.16 – change 0.23%
Two Oklahoma energy stocks stood out in Thursday’s trading, each with about 6% gains for the day. They were Empire Petroleum and NGL Energy Partners.
APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) up 0.26 at 32.04 – change 0.81%
Cheniere (LNG) up 2.46 at 142.22 – change 1.76%
Chevron (CVX) up 1.54 at 152.16 – change 1.02%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 0.23 at 99.53 – change 0.23%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 0.95 at 128.10 – change 0.74%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.20 at 12.60 – change 1.61%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.33 at 25.66 – change 1.30%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 0.86 at 108.15 – change 0.80%
ExxonMobil (XOM) up 1.18 at 103.36 – change 1.15%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.15 at 16.26 – change 0.93%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.31 at 22.47 – change 1.39%
NOV Inc. (NOV) up 0.74 at 14.81 – change 5.25%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.46 at 58.12 – change 0.79%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 1.44 at 93.05 – change 1.57%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) up 1.36 at 200.80 – change 0.68%
Tellurian Inc. (TELL) up 0.01 at 1.22 – change 0.82%
Valero (VLO) down 1.12 at 105.93 – change 1.04%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) down 1.11 at 82.02 – change 1.33%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.17 at 28.38 – change 0.60%
Entergy (ETR) dpwn 0.82 at 97.38 – change 0.84%
