Oil prices and Oklahoma energy stocks wrapped up the week’s trading on Friday with gains for the day. Crude rose 1% to a nine-month high on increasing diesel futures and continued concern about tight oil supplies.
West Texas Intermediate crude rose 64 cents or 0.7% to settle at $87.51 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Global benchmark Brent crude gained 73 cents or 0.8% and finished at $90.65 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.
Reuters reported that bothcrude benchmarks remained in technically overbought territory for a sixth straight day. Brent had its highest settlement since November 16, 2022 while WTI had its highet since September 6 of last year.
October natural gas fell 7 cents to $2.51 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Most Oklahoma energy stocks recorded gains on Friday to finish the week, including LSB Industries with a 6% jump while Helmerich & Payne rose more than 3%.
APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) down 0.11 at 44.26 – change 0.25%
Cheniere (LNG) up 2,81 at 162.68 – change 1.75%
Chevron (CVX) up 0.56 at 167.21 – change 0.34%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 1.01 at 122.72 – change 0.82%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 1.15 at 156.03 – change 0.74%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.06 at 13.76 – change 0.43%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.11 at 26.70 – change 0.41%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 1.18 at 132.72 – change 0.89%
ExxonMobil (XOM) up 1.66 at 115.61 – change 1.45%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.21 at 16.80 – change 1.26%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.61 at 27.31 – change 2.28%
NOV Inc. (NOV) down 0.03 at 21.12 – change 0.15%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.71 at 65.28 – change 1.09%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 3.48 at 122.23 – change 2.93%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) down 0.13 at 238.82 – change 0.06%
Tellurian Inc. (TELL) down 0.01 at 1.29 – change 0.77%
Valero (VLO) up 5.81 at 142.06 – change 4.26%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.40 at 77.73 – change 0.51%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.34 at 28.29 – change 1.21%
Entergy (ETR) up 0.92 at 95.27 – change 0.97%