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Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund

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Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund

A Halloween-themed gumbo cook-off in the Oil Center will benefit the Ochsner Lafayette General Patient Assistance Fund. Nancy Broadhurst, executive director of Lafayette General Foundation, described what the fund means to the health system and its patients.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • USO United States Oil Fund+9.3% 30d

    United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR+6.9% 30d

    Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings+10.9% 15d

    ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • CVX Chevron+10.5% 30d

    Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • COP ConocoPhillips+8.3% 30d

    ConocoPhillips (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

  • SHEL Shell+0.1% 13d

    Shell (crude petroleum and natural gas): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
USO-1.54%-1.29%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XLE-0.51%-2.20%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XOM-1.45%-2.77%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
CVX-1.54%-2.69%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
COP-1.71%-3.24%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
SHELNo price data for this ticker———————

Closing-price change versus T-1, the last close before the story. T0 to T+3 fill in after each market close. Prices: Alpaca IEX.

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Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund KATC

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How far United States Oil Fund (USO) has moved since 30 Oct 2026

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
Conocophillips (COP)three days earlier-3.24%final price
Conocophillips (COP)five days earlier-1.71%final price
Chevron (CVX)three days earlier-2.69%final price
Chevron (CVX)five days earlier-1.54%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)three days earlier-1.29%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)five days earlier-1.54%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)three days earlier-2.20%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)five days earlier-0.51%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)three days earlier-2.77%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)five days earlier-1.45%final price

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Companies in energy around United States Oil Fund (USO)

Companies carried with this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 30 Oct 2026 story “Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund.” Reason on file: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    In “Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings

    In “Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund,” ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • CVX Chevron

    For “Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund,” Chevron (CVX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • COP Conocophillips

    In “Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund,” Conocophillips (COP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: ConocoPhillips (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • SHEL Shell

    In “Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund,” Shell (SHEL) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Shell (crude petroleum and natural gas): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

United States Oil Fund (USO) and the energy link

On 30 Oct 2026, “Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund” is the story that connects United States Oil Fund (USO) to Energy.

United States Oil Fund (USO) is on the page because United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is here too. Its reason reads: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

What this energy story puts on the calendar

USO traded between 141.82 and 169.96 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 168.21. XLE traded between 61.91 and 69.86 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 68.72. XOM traded between 172.72 and 184.89 across 13 sessions. The latest close on file is 183.13.

The energy score for United States Oil Fund (USO)

54 out of 100

“Annual Gumbo Cook-Off in Oil Center adopts Halloween theme to benefit patient fund” scores 54 out of 100. The score uses 2 sources, and 6 linked companies.