Crude oil prices jump up on word of possible end to some Middle East fighting

 

The prospects of an end  to some of the fighting in the Middle East sent crude oil prices up by more than 2% on Thursday.

West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.80 a barrel or 2.62% to close at $70.41 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Brent crude gained 61 cents or 0.84% and closed at $73.16 a barrel.

Natural gas prices dropped nearly 5% on a 13 cent slide to $2.71.

For most Oklahoma energy stocks, it was a day of losses. Canoo dropped nearly 8% while Empire Petroleum fell 6%.

 

 Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
26.17 USD+0.54 
Canoo Inc
0.76 USD−0.061 
 Coterra Energy Inc
23.92 USD−0.21 
Devon Energy Corp
38.68 USD+0.35 
Empire Petroleum Corp
5.18 USD−0.33 
Expand Energy Corp
84.72 USD−3.98 
Gulfport Energy Corp
138.44 USD−4.73 
Helmerich and Payne Inc
33.60 USD−0.32 
 LSB Industries Inc
8.20 USD+0.020 
Mach Natural Resources LP
16.10 USD−0.14 
Mammoth Energy Services Inc
4.40 USD0.00 
Matrix Service Co
11.23 USD−0.12 
NGL Energy Partners LP Unit
4.00 USD−0.070 
OGE Energy Corp
39.99 USD+0.30 
ONE Gas Inc
71.27 USD−0.89 
ONEOK Inc
96.88 USD+0.68 
Ovintiv Inc
39.20 USD−0.090 
PHX Minerals Inc
3.61 USD+0.080 
SandRidge Energy Inc
11.09 USD−0.090 
Unit Corp
31.10 USD+0.30 
Vital Energy Inc
27.27 USD−0.090 
Williams Companies Inc
52.37 USD−0.12