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Oil Gains as OPEC+ Agrees on Biggest Production Cut Since April 2020

After yesterday’s rally, WTI crude oil closed 1.43% higher, at $87.76, after OPEC+ agreed to a production cut of about 2 million barrels a day. This is a figure that may sound daunting but may not have a substantial impact in an already-weak macro environment.

A price cap on Russian oil from the E.U. could lend strength to oil as well. Further, U.S. stocks of oil declined by almost 1.8 million barrels in the week ended September 30.  

In the meantime, Exxon expects its Q3 numbers on October 28 to see an impact from lower liquids prices and margin constraints in energy products.

U.S. natural gas also closed higher by 1.46% to $6.93 but is still down significantly over the past month.

Here are some stocks that could be affected by this news:

  • Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE)
  • United States Oil Fund LP (USO)
  • ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil (UCO)
  • Exxon Mobil (XOM)
  • Chevron (CVX)
  • Occidental Petroleum (OXY)
  • United States Natural Gas Fund LP (UNG)
  • Cheniere Energy (LNG)

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Kailas Salunkhe
Kailas has been writing stock news and analysis at TipRanks since 2021, and has worked in the financial domain in various roles since 2013. Prior to joining TipRanks, he served as an equity research analyst at Globflex Research, a quant fund, and Market Realist, an equity research firm, analyzing companies listed on the stock markets in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Kailas has also worked as an equity trader, covering the U.S. stock markets, for Capstone Securities, a proprietary trading firm. Kailas' key strength lies in analyzing the pharmaceutical, biotech, and mining sectors and companies falling in their ambit. A proponent of long-term investing, he is also proficient in equity research, report writing, financial modeling, and pitch decks. Kailas believes that the law of compounding can work wonders for all investors if they ace the Marshmallow test.