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Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures fell early Tuesday, kicking off a shortened trading week as Wall Street monitored the U.S.-Iran conflict alongside rising trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.8% by 05:30 ET (09:30 GMT). S&P 500 futures fell 0.3% and Nasdaq-100 futures slipped 0.1%. U.S. markets were closed Monday for Labor Day.

The 5% jump in U.S. crude oil prices today is having some of the familiar effects we've seen in recent months across the market when tensions build in the Middle East. Winners largely are coming from the energy sector, which is the best performing group in the S&P 500 today.

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BP, Excelerate Energy, and Occidental Petroleum raised dividends in 2026 amid strong sector gains, offering solid yields and sustainable payout ratios backed by rising cash flow.

Billionaire shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc. signed agreements to buy half of an Argentinian shale oil firm owned by Mercuria Energy Group, with the firms promising more than $4 billion of investment to expand production.

Brazil's Petrobras beat Q2 estimates as record production, stronger exports and higher Brent pricing lifted earnings, revenues and cash flow.

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EOG's Q2 earnings beat estimates as higher oil prices and a 24.4% production gain fueled a 57.4% revenue surge and strong free cash flow.

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US equity futures were higher pre-bell Tuesday as technology-related stocks were on the upswing, hig

British energy giant BP said Tuesday that its net profit more than doubled in the second quarter as the Middle East war roiled oil and gas markets.Energy majors around the globe are enjoying soaring profits from their trades as oil and gas futures swing between big gains and losses on the latest headlines linked to the Mideast war. 

Chevron Corp (CVX) delivers record US production, achieves cost reduction targets early, and secures landmark Microsoft power deal.

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Stocks rose in midday trading Friday, erasing earlier losses as investors assessed earnings from maj

Energy titans ExxonMobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) both released second quarter earnings results ahead of Friday's market open. Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman is joined by Yahoo Finance Breaking News Reporter Jake Conley and Trustless Media Founder Zack Guzman to help assess both companies' production outlook and how they are managing debt.

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Chevron (CVX) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +4.48% and +21.78%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Investing.com -- Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) reported second-quarter earnings before the open on Friday, topping consensus expectations.

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Chevron is benefiting from higher oil prices while pursuing new growth opportunities in Iraq, Venezuela, Argentina, and power generation for AI data centers.

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Earnings season kicks into high gear this week.

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Earnings are the most important thing, and expectations are high. But interest rates are rising, and energy tensions aren't easing.

Oil prices jumped on Monday as President Donald Trump said the U.S. will reimpose a blockade on Iranian ports and provide other countries safe passage —for a fee — through the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement follows an escalation of U.S.-Iran military strikes after Tehran had targeted ships in the Strait traveling an alternative path to the Tehran-approved route open for ships paying a fee to the regime. With U.S.-Iran negotiations at an impasse over control of the key global shipping route and Tehran's nuclear program, the diplomatic route — and Wall Street's assumption that flare-ups in fighting won't lead the sides back to war — is facing its biggest test.

Oil prices jumped on Monday amid escalation of Middle East conflict as the U.S. challenged Iran's assertion of control over the Strait of Hormuz. With U.S.-Iran negotiations at an impasse over the key global shipping route and Tehran's nuclear program, Wall Street's assumption that flare-ups in fighting won't lead the sides back to war is being tested, but still holding firm. With Iran declaring the Strait of Hormuz closed, S&P 500 futures traded slightly lower, with APA, Occidental Petroleum and Devon Energy trading high on the index.

Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, gained 3.9% to $78.96 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude oil added 4% to $74.26 per barrel. Prices for both types of crude oil recently had slipped back to the levels they were at before the war with Iran began, after the two sides set an interim agreement on ending the conflict and ships resumed transporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Energy investors spent the spring watching oil prices control stock movements. Now, one energy research team on Wall Street says the real story is happening somewhere else entirely. Chevron (CVX) has dropped hard from its 2026 high, pulled down by cooling oil prices and a fading war premium. Even ...