Sector Update: Energy
MT newswire2026/10/06 17:1101:11 PM EDT, 10/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were higher Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index and the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) each adding about 0.8%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index was decreasing 0.9%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index rose 2.6%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil was fractionally lower at $89.39 a barrel, and the global benchmark Brent crude contract shed 0.5% to $99.86 a barrel. Henry Hub natural gas futures rose 1.3% to $3.11 per 1 million BTU. In corporate news, Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google has entered into a 20-year deal with Constellation Energy (CEG) to add 890 megawatts of nuclear power to the PJM interconnection grid, the companies said Tuesday. Constellation shares jumped 14%.
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