When President Trump repeated his call on Friday for OPEC to lower crude oil prices, the market responded with a very slight increase.
He made the call in order to hurt oil-rich Russia and bring an end to its war in Ukraine. For week, oil prices finished down and ended four straight weeks of gains.
West Texas Intermediate crude, considered the benchmark in the U.S. rose 4 cents or 0.05% to settle at $74.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The global benchmark, Brent crude, gained 21 cents or 0.27% and closed at $78.50 a barrel.
Natural gas closed Friday up 7 cents or 1.72% to reach $4.01.
Most Oklahoma energy stocks finished down on Friday, including LSB Industries with a nearly 5% decline. Canoo, awaiting Chapter 7 bankruptcy, gained a whopping 44%.