(Petty Officer 3rd Class Bill Dodge/U.S. Navy via AP)
The Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea resulted in still another gain in crude oil prices on Tuesday. Oil prices went up more than a dollar a barrel as the attacks disrupted maritime trade and caused more companies to reroute their vessels.
West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, rose 97 cents or 1.3% to finish at $73.44 a barrel, the highest in more than two weeks on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Global benchmark Brent crude futures went up $1.28 or 1.6% and closed at $79.23 a baarrel on ICE Futures Europe. It was the highest mark since Dec.1.
January natural gas fell 1 cent to $2.49 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Tuesday resulted in 1% to 2% gains for the majority of Oklahoma energy stocks. PHX Minerals had the biggest jump in stock value at 3%.
APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) up 0.37 at 36.01 – change 1.03%
Cheniere (LNG) down 0.34 at 173.38 – change 0.20%
Chevron (CVX) up 1.96 at 151.63 – change 1.30%
ConocoPhillips (COP) up 1.59 at 116.49 – change 1.38%
Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 1.52 at 157.15 – change 0.97%
Energy Transfer LP (ET) up 0.02 at 13.87 – change 0.14%
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) up 0.09 at 26.27 – change 0.34%
EOG Resources (EOG) up 0.91 at 122.53 – change 0.74%
Exxon Mobil (XOM) up 1.34 at 102.99 – change 1.31%
Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.07 at 17.64 – change 0.39%
Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.27 at 24.84 – change 1.09%
NOV Inc. (NOV) up 0.44 at 20.38 – change 2.20%
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 1.33 at 60.30 – change 2.25%
Phillips 66 (PSX) up 2.50 at 133.80 – change 1.90%
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) up 2.69 at 231.48 – change 1.17%
Tellurian Inc. (TELL) up 0.01 at 0.74 – change 1.16%
Valero (VLO) up 1.68 at 133.60 – change 1.27%
CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS
American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.40 at 82.13 – change 0.48%
CenterPoint (CNP) up 0.16 at 28.97 – change 0.55%
Entergy (ETR) up 0.02 at 101.55 – change 0.01%