Exxon Mobil (XOM) Stock on Rollercoaster Ride – Oil Crashes & Big News Spark Wild Market Debate
Recent Stock Performance Exxon Mobil’s stock has been relatively steady in mid-October. After closing at about $112.24 on Oct. 17 stockanalysis.com, the shares are near their 50-day and 200-day moving averages (~$111 marketbeat.com). That recent price places XOM roughly flat for October and slightly up year-to-date (~+6.5% YTD, vs down ~3% over 12 months simplywall.st). (A Simply Wall St analysis noted XOM closed around $114.26 on Oct 8, up 4.6% that month simplywall.st.) After a late-summer rally in oil, crude prices plunged again: WTI dipped under $59 recently (a five-month low) ts2.tech, prompting energy stocks to lag. In the week of Oct 4–5,