A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission
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A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission WLOS
Directly affected
- No company is named in this report.
Indirectly affected
- XOM Exxon Mobil
Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise
- CVX Chevron
Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise
- OXY Occidental Petroleum
Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise
- COP ConocoPhillips
Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise
- VLO Valero
Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices
- MPC Marathon Petroleum
Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices
- XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration
A fund of oil and gas producers
- XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR
A fund of energy companies
- USO United States Oil Fund
This fund moves with oil prices
- OIH VanEck Oil Services
Oilfield services rise when drilling follows oil prices
Price reaction, T-5 to T+3
A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission WLOS
Source: WLOS
The price since 12 Oct 2026: United States Oil Fund (USO) versus the S&P 500
Since the first closing price after “A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is +5.04%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.47% over the same days, a +6.51% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +0.92%, a +4.13% difference versus that group of stocks.
| Company | When | Move | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| COP | that day | +2.44% | final price |
| COP | the next day | +3.47% | final price |
| COP | two days later | +3.03% | final price |
| COP | three days later | +6.51% | final price |
| COP | three days earlier | -2.44% | final price |
| COP | five days earlier | -5.98% | final price |
| CVX | that day | +1.30% | final price |
| CVX | the next day | +3.29% | final price |
| CVX | two days later | +2.02% | final price |
| CVX | three days later | +4.63% | final price |
| CVX | three days earlier | -1.61% | final price |
| CVX | five days earlier | -3.45% | final price |
| MPC | that day | +3.86% | final price |
| MPC | the next day | +5.51% | final price |
| MPC | two days later | +3.72% | final price |
| MPC | three days later | +4.08% | final price |
| MPC | three days earlier | +0.92% | final price |
| MPC | five days earlier | -5.88% | final price |
| OIH | that day | +0.51% | final price |
| OIH | the next day | -1.62% | final price |
| OIH | two days later | -3.10% | final price |
| OIH | three days later | -1.60% | final price |
| OIH | three days earlier | -0.38% | final price |
| OIH | five days earlier | +0.75% | final price |
| OXY | that day | +0.85% | final price |
| OXY | the next day | +0.47% | final price |
| OXY | two days later | -0.75% | final price |
| OXY | three days later | +2.06% | final price |
| OXY | three days earlier | -1.39% | final price |
| OXY | five days earlier | -4.58% | final price |
United States Oil Fund (USO) filings in this energy story
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Who gains and who loses around United States Oil Fund (USO)
Companies mentioned with this story
- USO United States Oil Fund
In “A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
- BNO United States Brent Oil Fund
United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
- XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
- XOP State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf
For “A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission,” State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf (XOP) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
- AEIS Advanced Energy Industries
Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission.” Reason on file: GA selected AEIS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- AMPY Amplify Energy
For “A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission,” Amplify Energy (AMPY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AMPY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- ATO Atmos Energy
Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission.” Reason on file: GA selected ATO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
- BE Bloom Energy
Bloom Energy (BE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission.” Reason on file: GA selected BE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article
United States Oil Fund (USO) and the energy link
United States Oil Fund (USO) is the company in “A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission,” the 12 Oct 2026 Energy story.
For United States Oil Fund (USO), the reason on file says Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is here too. Its reason reads: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
What this energy story puts on the calendar
BNO traded between 57.39 and 67.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.10. USO traded between 141.82 and 162.99 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 160.80. XLE traded between 60.95 and 68.51 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.80.
How strong the case is around United States Oil Fund (USO)
46 out of 100
“A-B Tech student's oil experiment to launch on SpaceX mission” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 10 linked companies.