Phillips 66 Stock Jumps as Surprise Profit Shows Refining Margins Are Back in Focus

Phillips 66 stunned the market with an unexpected first-quarter adjusted profit on Wednesday, pushing its stock up more than 6% by mid-day. The Houston refiner logged adjusted earnings at 49 cents per share, trouncing an average analyst forecast of a 40-cent loss, according to LSEG data cited by Reuters.

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Best Energy Stocks to Buy Today: 5 Oil Stocks in Focus as Brent Tops $110

Best Energy Stocks to Buy Today: 5 Oil Stocks in Focus as Brent Tops $110

Oil jumping past $110 a barrel is giving big energy stocks fresh momentum. Exxon Mobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips—those are the U.S. names traders are eyeing first today. Brent crude gained close to 3% as U.S.-Iran negotiations stalled out, leaving the Strait of Hormuz mostly closed off. “The market was rapidly repricing geopolitical risk,” said Rystad Energy’s Jorge Leon.
28 April 2026
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Enterprise Products Partners Stock Heads Into a Big Week as Dividend Clock Ticks

Enterprise Products Partners Stock Heads Into a Big Week as Dividend Clock Ticks

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. ended Friday at $38.00, picking up 13 cents. Investors are now eyeing first-quarter earnings, set for release before Tuesday’s open, with the distribution record date falling two days after. The company announced a $0.55 per-unit distribution for the quarter, scheduled for payment on May 14, and reported repurchasing about $116 million of its common units over the period.
25 April 2026
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Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Stalls as Rio Tinto Gain Runs Into Energy Selloff

Australia Stock Market Today: ASX 200 Stalls as Rio Tinto Gain Runs Into Energy Selloff

Tuesday’s session saw Australian shares finish just shy of unchanged, the S&P/ASX 200 down 3.9 points at 8,949.40—barely a 0.04% slip—as investors hesitated ahead of the next phase in U.S.-Iran talks. Rio Tinto’s gains, helped by a stronger production update, couldn’t lift the wider market.
21 April 2026
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Exxon Stock Sinks 5%, Wiping Out $36 Billion as Oil Slide Jolts Energy Shares

Exxon Stock Sinks 5%, Wiping Out $36 Billion as Oil Slide Jolts Energy Shares

Exxon Mobil dropped 5.2% to finish at $160.78, dragging U.S. energy shares lower as oil declined on hopes the U.S. might soon deescalate with Iran. The slide wiped out roughly $36 billion in Exxon's market value—its worst single-day loss since 2008, according to Dow Jones Market Data cited by the Wall Street Journal. Chevron slipped 4.6%, while ConocoPhillips ended down 2.7%.
2 April 2026
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