BUZZ - Trump rejects Iran peace agreement, crude oil prices rise, boosting oil stocks

September 28 - ** The S&P 500 Energy Index .SPNY rose about 1%, following oil price gains O/R

** Crude oil prices (link) rose about 2% after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected Iran's proposal for a peace agreement to resolve tensions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz

** Brent crude futures LCOc1 climbed $1.68, or 1.6%, to $106 per barrel; U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 rose 1.8% to $94.10 per barrel

** Shares of energy giants ExxonMobil XOM.N and Chevron CVX.N were up 1.5% and 1% respectively

** Chevron CVX.N, Occidental Petroleum OXY.N, EOG Resources EOG.N and ConocoPhillips COP.N saw their shares rise between 0.6% and 1.4%, topping the energy index gainers list

** Refiners Phillips 66 (PSX.N) and Valero Energy (VLO.N) gained 0.6% and 0.8% respectively

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