Sector Update: Energy

01:44 PM EDT, 10/29/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were mixed Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index up 0.1% and the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) decreasing 0.3%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index added 0.7%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index advanced 1.4%. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil was falling 1% to $101.80 a barrel, and the global benchmark Brent crude contract shed 0.7% to $114.50 a barrel. Henry Hub natural gas futures dropped 3.5% to $2.93 per 1 million BTU. In corporate news, NextDecade (NEXT) shares jumped 14% after the company reported that it swung to Q3 earnings of $0.54 per diluted share, from a $0.42 loss per share a year earlier.