Crude oil prices made second straight day of gains

Higher closes marked Thursday’s trading for oil and gas prices and they resulted from strong US economic data.

Still, they might have been slowed by worries regarding lower oil imports from China.

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude gained 69 cents or 0.89% to close at $78.28 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The global standard, Brent crude, rose 66 cents or 0.81% and finished at $82.37 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe.

August natural gas fell 8 cents to $2.04 per 1,000 cubic feet.

By a slight margin, more Oklahoma energy stocks recorded gains over those with losses.  Canoo shot up 7% while Helmerich and Payne recorded a 9% jump for the day.

Many other energy stocks recorded gains, according to the Texas Energy Report.

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APA Corp. (Apache) (APA) up 1.00 at 31.28 – change 3.30%

Cheniere (LNG) up 1.44 at 176.35 – change 0.82%

Chevron (CVX) up 2.47 at 157.54 – change 1.59%

ConocoPhillips (COP) down 0.08 at 111.03 – change 0.07%

Diamondback Energy (FANG) up 0.97 at 199.80 – change 0.48%

Energy Transfer LP (ET) down 0.05 at 16.13 – change 0.31%

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) down 0.15 at 29.56 – change 0.48%

EOG Resources (EOG) up 1.94 at 127.04 – change 1.55%

Exxon Mobil (XOM) up 2.42 at 117.43 – change 2.10%

Kinder Morgan (KMI) up 0.02 at 21.07 – change 0.09%

Marathon Oil Corp. (MRO) up 0.03 at 27.89 – change 0.10%

NOV Inc. (NOV) up 0.42 at 18.67 – change 2.30%

Occidental Petroleum (OXY) up 0.46 at 60.53 – change 0.76%

Phillips 66 (PSX) up 4.34 at 142.51 – change 3.14%

Tellurian Inc. (TELL) down 0.01 at 0.94 – change 0.74%

Valero (VLO) up 8.18 at 157.00 – change 5.49%

CLOSING TOP UTILITY STOCKS

American Electric Power (AEP) up 0.82 at 95.84 – change 0.86%

CenterPoint (CNP) down 0.15 at 28.88 – change 0.49%

Entergy (ETR) up 0.44 at 111.42 – change 0.40%