Energy
Occidental, Chevron Stocks Slip. Iranian Officials Contacted U.S., Report Says.
Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum gave up gains following a report about Iranian intelligence officials reaching out to their American counterparts.
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China Prepared for an Oil Shock Like This. It’s Helping Keep Global Prices Down.
China’s storage strategy means it plays an increasingly important global role.
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Natural Gas Rally Grinds to a Halt. What’s Dragging It Down.
If the Iran war ends in the next few days, markets would likely avoid the nightmare scenario of a long-term spike in oil and natural-gas prices.
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Markets Look to Trump for Reassurance on Oil Prices. Don’t Count on It.
Trump still using trade threats as a tool, Blackstone’s fund redemptions revive private credit fears, CrowdStrike earnings beat estimates, and more news to start your day.
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How to Play Defense as Oil Spikes and Markets Slide
As oil prices jump on fears of a prolonged Iran conflict, investors are looking to gold, energy stocks, dividend payers, and alternatives for protection.
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MongoDB, Archer Aviation, Target, Blackstone, Quantum Computing, Plug Power, and More Stock Market Movers
MongoDB, Archer Aviation, and more stocks fall amid a busy earnings week as financial guidance underwhelms investors.
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EVgo Stock Rises as Earnings Defy EV Slump. The Rest of 2026 Doesn't Look So Rosy.
Tuesday, EVgo announced fourth-quarter adjusted Ebitda of $25 million from sales of $118 million. Wall Street was looking for Ebitda of $2.5 million from sales of $103 million.
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Freeport McMoRan Stock Slides as the Mideast Conflict Hits Commodities
Metals and mining stocks were hit hard by commodity price declines.
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Plug Power Beats Wall Street Estimates. The Stock Is Rising.
Monday evening, the hydrogen technology company reported an adjusted per-share loss of 6 cents from sales of $225.2 million. Wall Street was looking for a 10-cent loss from sales of $217 million.
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Trump Orders Tanker Insurance and Escorts as Oil Surges
Oil prices were already elevated ahead of the U.S. strikes on Iran, but have since climbed sharply.
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Reality Is Setting In. This Won’t Be A Short-Term Oil Price Spike.
Traders initially treated the Iran conflict as just another geopolitical blip. That assumption is becoming harder to defend, Carolyn Kissane writes in a guest commentary.
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Exxon Is Down Since the Iran Conflict. These Energy Stocks Are Bigger Winners.
Shares of oil refiners have kept climbing.
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Oil Prices Soar to $83 a Barrel. A Potential Energy Shock Is Brewing.
Middle East tensions have extended oil price gains, as Brent crude climbed past $80 a barrel.
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The Iran Conflict Is Hitting Stocks Across the World. Just Look at This Red-Hot Market.
The prospect of a drawn-out war in the Middle East sparked a broad and brutal selloff on Tuesday, and one of the best trades of 2026 got hammered.
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Cheniere, Exxon, Chevron Stocks Rise Again. The Energy Shock Is Upending Markets.
Benchmark oil and gas prices are on a tear, lifting energy stocks with them.
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Stock Markets Can Shake Off Iran Conflict, Just Not All of Them. And 5 Other Things to Know Today
Apple announces new iPhone and iPad Air, Anthropic’s Pentagon tussle raises its App Store profile, more news to start your day.
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Venture Global Earnings Guidance Falls Short. Why the LNG Supplier’s Stock Jumped 17%.
The liquefied natural gas supplier posts better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings but there’s more lifting shares.
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AES, Norwegian, Palantir, Lockheed, United, Strategy, Coherent, Berkshire Hathaway, and More Stock Market Movers
Shares of clean-energy company AES decline after it agrees to be taken private in a $33.4 billion deal.
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AES to Be Taken Private in $33 Billion Deal. Why It’s the S&P 500’s Worst Stock Today.
An investor consortium will pay $15 a share for the utilities company.
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Iran Conflict Sends Oil Prices Higher. 2 Chemical Stocks to Keep an Eye On.
Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell Industries could benefit from widening oil and natural-gas spreads as Iran-related turmoil lifts crude prices.
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Exxon, Chevron, and Other Energy Stocks Close Up. Why They Could Go Higher.
Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and Occidental Petroleum climbed as oil prices jumped amid Middle East tensions. Chevron hit a new closing high.
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Crude Oil Price Spikes on U.S.-Iran Conflict. Is $120 a Barrel Possible?
International oil benchmarks rallied as military attacks in the Middle East threaten global energy supplies.
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Forgent Climbs on Bullish Initiations Tied to Data Center Demand
The company manufactures equipment to move electricity from substations into data centers and utilities.
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Brazil, Mexico Provide Safe Haven Amid Middle East Tumult: Charts
ETFs tracking Brazil and Mexico are showing encouraging technical indicators.
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LNG Is Soaring Even More Than Oil. Watch These Stocks.
U.S. exporters of liquefied natural gas—Venture Global, NextDecade, and Cheniere—stand to be big winners from the conflict in Iran.
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