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Energy Sector News 9 January 2026 - 10 January 2026

Constellation Energy (CEG) stock jumps after TD Cowen Buy call; Calpine deal back in focus

Constellation Energy (CEG) stock jumps after TD Cowen Buy call; Calpine deal back in focus

New York, January 9, 2026, 17:59 EST — After-hours Constellation Energy shares climbed 6.1% to $342.52 in after-hours trading on Friday, extending a late-week rally after TD Cowen initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $440 price target. The call landed as investors try to price a U.S. power market that is tightening again, with data-center buildouts pushing load forecasts higher. TD Cowen said Constellation could keep signing power contracts above forward market prices through 2026, and argued worries about “behind-the-meter” data-center power setups — on-site generation that can bypass the grid — look “overstated.” (Investing.com Canada) Constellation said
10 January 2026
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Valero Energy stock dips on Piper Sandler target cut as Venezuela talks keep traders guessing

Valero Energy stock dips on Piper Sandler target cut as Venezuela talks keep traders guessing

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 15:36 EST — Regular session Valero Energy Corp (NYSE: VLO) shares were down $5.82, or about 3%, at $185.50 in mid-afternoon trade, after swinging between $182.70 and $194.50. Marathon Petroleum was little changed and Phillips 66 fell about 1.2%, while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust rose 0.8%. The move matters now because refiners are trying to price a fast-shifting crude story into near-term earnings. Crack spreads — the gap between crude costs and fuel prices — can swing quickly when geopolitics hits supply, and investors have been quick to fade the latest headlines. U.S.
9 January 2026
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Valero (VLO) stock slides as Venezuela oil talks loom and an analyst trims a target

Valero (VLO) stock slides as Venezuela oil talks loom and an analyst trims a target

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 14:39 (EST) — Regular trading Valero Energy shares fell 3.2% to $185.16 Friday afternoon, after hitting an intraday low of $182.70. Marathon Petroleum was off 0.1% and Phillips 66 dropped 1.1%. Piper Sandler lowered its Valero price target to $217 from $223 and stuck with an “overweight” rating, The Fly reported. (TipRanks) The pullback comes with traders watching Washington. The White House was convening a meeting on Friday with oil producers, refiners and trading houses to discuss potential investment in Venezuela’s energy sector, a White House official said. Valero and Marathon were among the companies
9 January 2026
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EQT stock slips as U.S. natural gas price drops 6% in midday trade

EQT stock slips as U.S. natural gas price drops 6% in midday trade

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 13:52 EST — Regular session EQT Corp shares fell about 2.4% to $50.96 in afternoon trading, tracking a fresh leg down in U.S. natural gas prices. Front-month Henry Hub natural gas futures for February were down 6.1% at $3.198 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), a common unit used to price gas. (Investing.com South Africa) The moves matter because producers’ realised prices and cash flow are tied, directly or not, to the futures curve. In winter, weather models can flip demand in a hurry, and equities tend to follow the screen even when company news
9 January 2026
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Chevron stock rises on Venezuela export scramble as White House talks loom

Chevron stock rises on Venezuela export scramble as White House talks loom

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 12:28 EST — Regular session Chevron shares rose about 1.5% to $161.57 in midday trading on Friday, keeping the oil major in focus as Washington weighs who gets to move Venezuelan crude under new U.S. oversight. Jean-Francois Lambert of consultancy Lambert Commodities said trading houses bring “global reach and optionality” that majors often lack. (Reuters) The move matters because Chevron is heading into a White House meeting later on Friday with other oil producers and trading firms as the Trump administration pushes a plan to steer Venezuelan oil sales, people familiar with the matter said.
9 January 2026
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Exxon Mobil (XOM) stock ticks up as filing flags up to $1.2 bln Q4 upstream hit

Exxon Mobil (XOM) stock ticks up as filing flags up to $1.2 bln Q4 upstream hit

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 11:39 EST — Regular session Exxon Mobil (XOM) shares rose 0.6% to $123.63 on Friday after the oil major said lower crude prices could cut fourth-quarter upstream earnings — its oil and gas production business — by about $800 million to $1.2 billion. It also said stronger refining margins, the gap between crude costs and fuel prices, could lift earnings by $300 million to $700 million, while restructuring charges may shave about $200 million. Analysts expect adjusted earnings of $1.66 per share; “many brokers, including us, have yet to mark to market,” Scotiabank analysts wrote.
9 January 2026
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EQT stock drifts as U.S. natural gas prices slide again, with storage and weather in play

EQT stock drifts as U.S. natural gas prices slide again, with storage and weather in play

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 10:22 (EST) — Regular session EQT Corp slipped 0.2% to $52.12 during Friday morning trading. The move followed a selloff in the previous session, as investors pulled back from gas-linked producers while U.S. gas prices softened. U.S. natural gas futures slipped roughly 2%, landing near $3.33 per million British thermal units (mmBtu)—the figure traders use to benchmark gas deals. These small price shifts have an outsized effect right now, with just a few cents making or breaking cash flow forecasts for producers linked closely to Henry Hub pricing, according to markets.businessinsider.com. Thursday’s government storage data
9 January 2026
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Denison Mines stock in focus after SaskPower line brings grid power to Phoenix uranium site

Denison Mines stock in focus after SaskPower line brings grid power to Phoenix uranium site

New York, January 9, 2026, 08:13 EST — Premarket Denison Mines Corp shares edged up about 0.2% to $3.33 in U.S. premarket trade on Friday, after the Canadian uranium developer said grid power is now available at the site of its planned Phoenix mine in northern Saskatchewan. In a Form 6-K filing, Denison said Saskatchewan Power Corp has completed a new 138-kilovolt transmission line to the Phoenix site, a step it has flagged as critical for first-year construction work. Chief executive David Cates called the hookup a “major Project milestone” and said the line was installed “on schedule and on
9 January 2026
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Why Vistra (VST) stock is jumping premarket: Meta signs 20-year nuclear power deals

Why Vistra (VST) stock is jumping premarket: Meta signs 20-year nuclear power deals

New York, Jan 9, 2026, 07:23 EST — Premarket Vistra Corp shares jumped roughly 8% in premarket trading on Friday after Meta Platforms said it had signed 20-year deals to purchase electricity from three of Vistra’s nuclear facilities. Meta said the agreements include Vistra’s Perry and Davis-Besse plants in Ohio and the Beaver Valley plant in Pennsylvania. (reuters.com) The development puts power generators back front and center as Big Tech races to lock in reliable electricity for surging data center demand. Nuclear plants, long treated as fully mature assets, are returning to the discussion since they operate 24/7 and produce
9 January 2026
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NuScale Power stock jumps in premarket after BofA upgrade lifts SMR shares

NuScale Power stock jumps in premarket after BofA upgrade lifts SMR shares

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 07:19 EST — Premarket NuScale Power shares jumped about 12% in premarket trading on Friday after Bank of America Securities upgraded the nuclear technology company. The stock was up around $2.4 at $22.08 after closing at $19.67 on Thursday. (StockAnalysis) The move matters because NuScale has been a proxy trade for the market’s bigger debate on power demand and financing: how fast “advanced nuclear” projects can move from headlines to funded orders. It is also the kind of high-beta name that can gap sharply on broker calls, then give it back just as quickly once
9 January 2026
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Crude oil price stock jumps before the open as Venezuela talks and Iran unrest lift oil-linked shares

Crude oil price stock jumps before the open as Venezuela talks and Iran unrest lift oil-linked shares

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2026, 06:48 (EST) — Premarket Oil-linked shares edged up in U.S. premarket trading on Friday, putting the crude-oil theme back on traders’ screens as geopolitical tensions rekindled demand. Chevron rose 2.6% to $159.25, Exxon Mobil climbed 3.7% to $122.91 and ConocoPhillips advanced 5.1% to $98.72; the United States Oil Fund (USO) gained about 4.1% to $70.54. It matters right now because headlines tied to Venezuela have been whipping oil both ways — near-term supply looks tighter, but there’s also a chance of more barrels showing up later. That push-pull is bleeding into equities just as traders
9 January 2026
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EQT stock wobbles as U.S. natural gas prices slide on warm weather signals

EQT stock wobbles as U.S. natural gas prices slide on warm weather signals

New York, January 9, 2026, 06:31 EST — Premarket Shares of EQT Corp (EQT) were little changed in early premarket trade on Friday, after the U.S. gas producer fell 4.2% in the previous session amid renewed pressure on natural gas prices. Gas matters again because the latest slide has come fast, and it hits producers’ cash flow straight away. The Henry Hub spot price sank to $3.11 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) on Wednesday, down from $3.96 a week earlier, while the February NYMEX futures contract ended Wednesday at $3.525, the Energy Information Administration said. (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
9 January 2026
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Stock Market Today

Walmart stock jumps to $131 as traders brace for CPI and Feb. 19 earnings

Walmart stock jumps to $131 as traders brace for CPI and Feb. 19 earnings

7 February 2026
Walmart shares rose 3.3% Friday to $131.18, up 10% since Jan. 30, as the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. The retailer’s market value crossed $1 trillion this week. Investors await January inflation data on Feb. 13 and Walmart’s quarterly results on Feb. 19 for signs of continued momentum.
Caterpillar stock price jumps 7% to $726 as Dow cracks 50,000 — what matters next week

Caterpillar stock price jumps 7% to $726 as Dow cracks 50,000 — what matters next week

7 February 2026
Caterpillar shares surged 7.1% to $726.20 Friday, driving the Dow above 50,000 for the first time. The move erased recent losses and followed insider selling by Group President Bob De Lange earlier in the week. Deere and CNH Industrial also gained as investors rotated into industrial stocks. Markets await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data.
Amazon stock slides as $200B AI spending plan meets cautious profit outlook

Amazon stock slides as $200B AI spending plan meets cautious profit outlook

7 February 2026
Amazon shares fell 9% Friday after the company announced plans for $200 billion in 2026 capital spending, mainly for AWS and AI, and issued a first-quarter profit outlook below estimates. The stock drop could erase $200 billion in market value. Fourth-quarter net sales rose 14% to $213.4 billion, while free cash flow declined due to higher spending on AI infrastructure.
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