Thursday produced a volatile trading day for crude oil prices as they finallly closed slightly higher because of more demand worries and a strong dollar. Oklahoma energy stocks closed with moderate losses for most firms.
West Texas Intermediate crude finished up 16 cents or 0.2% to close at $79.05 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 15 cents or 0.2% at $83.36 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
Another down day for Oklahoma energy stocks as Empire Petroleum dropped 5% and Mammoth Energy more than 3%. Most others had losses of 1% to nearly 2%.
APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) down 0.33 at 42.22 – change 0.76%
Cheniere (LNG) down 5.33 at 161.08 – change 3.21%
Chevron (CVX) down 1.34 at 157.91 – change 0.85%
ConocoPhillips (COP) down 1.03 at 114.78 – change 0.89%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 0.77 at 148.99 – change 0.51%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) down 0.03 at 12.93 – change 0.20%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) down 0.23 at 26.24 – change 0.86%
EOG Resources (EOG) down 3.23 at 125.66 – change 2.51%
ExxonMobil (XOM) down 0.84 at 106.32 – change 0.78%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) down 0.04 at 17.22 – change 0.21%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) down 0.21 at 25.52 – change 0.80%
NOV Inc. (NOV) down 0.21 at 20.18 – change 1/01%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) down 0.47 at 61.36 – change 0.75%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 0.12 at 112.38 – change 0.10%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 1.28 at 232.79 – change 0.55%
Tellurian Inc. (TELL) down 0.08 at 1.09 – change 6.04%
Valero (VLO) up 0.09 at 129.46 – change 0.06%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) down 0.59 at 78.84 – change 0.74%
CenterPoint (CNP) down 0.31 at 27.85 – change 1.11%
Entergy (ETR) down 0.68 at 94.83 – change 0.71%