Sector Update: Energy
MT newswire2026/10/08 19:3703:37 PM EDT, 10/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were higher late Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising 3% and the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) adding 3.2%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index advanced 1.6%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index decreased 0.3%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose 3.6% to $91.44 a barrel, and the global benchmark Brent crude contract climbed 4.1% to $104.30 a barrel. Henry Hub natural gas futures fell 1.5% to $3.15 per 1 million BTU. In corporate news, Petrobras (PBR) shares rose 3.2% after it said Thursday it has acquired the Azurita block in the Campos Basin and the Cruzeiro Sul block in the Santos Basin in a public bidding round promoted by Brazil's National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels for a signature bonus of 232.4 million Brazilian reais ($46.4 million).
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