After two straight days of losses, crude oil prices managed a turn-around on Thursday, thanks to a weakened dollar and a move by China’s central bank to improve the property market.
West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.01 or 1.3% to improve to $80.93 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 67 cents or 0.8% to finish at $84.12 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
Natural gas up 0.03 at $2.62 – change 1.21%
Most Oklahoma energy companies posted gains for the day including Chesapeake Energy with a more than 4% increase.
APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) up 0.41 at 44.05 – change 0.93%
Cheniere (LNG) up 3.20 at 163.38 – change 1.99%
Chevron (CVX) up 2.63 at 159.75 – change 1.67%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 2.09 at 116.73 – change 1.82%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 0.59 at 147.51 – change 0.40%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.13 at 12.90 – change 1.01%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.05 at 26.37 – change 0.18%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 1.12 at 129.72 – change 0.87%
ExxonMobil (XOM) up 2.06 at 108.40 – change 1.92%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.13 at 17.34 – change 0.75%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.44 at 26.00 – change 1.72%
NOV Inc. (NOV) down 0.24 at 20.10 – change 1.18%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.61 at 63.16 – change 0.97%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 1.37 at 113.59 – change 1.22%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) up 2.45 at 236.60 – change 1.04%
Tellurian Inc. (TELL) unchanged at 1.28 – change 0.00%
Valero (VLO) up 1.08 at 132.02 – change 0.82%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) down 0.41 at 79.78 – change 0.52%
CenterPoint (CNP) down 0.11 at 28.00 – change 0.40%
Entergy (ETR) down 0.53 at 95.05 – change 0.56%
