Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees
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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
Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees Bloomberg.com
Source: Bloomberg
How far United States Oil Fund (USO) has moved since 12 Oct 2026
Since the first closing price after “Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees,” 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 | +2.57% | final price |
| COP | the next day | +5.07% | final price |
| COP | two days later | +6.13% | final price |
| COP | three days later | +5.67% | final price |
| COP | three days earlier | -3.18% | final price |
| COP | five days earlier | -4.28% | final price |
| CVX | that day | +1.43% | final price |
| CVX | the next day | +2.75% | final price |
| CVX | two days later | +4.76% | final price |
| CVX | three days later | +3.48% | final price |
| CVX | three days earlier | -3.22% | final price |
| CVX | five days earlier | -2.61% | final price |
| MPC | that day | +0.99% | final price |
| MPC | the next day | +4.89% | final price |
| MPC | two days later | +6.56% | final price |
| MPC | three days later | +4.75% | final price |
| MPC | three days earlier | -2.77% | final price |
| MPC | five days earlier | -4.71% | final price |
| OIH | that day | +0.08% | final price |
| OIH | the next day | +0.59% | final price |
| OIH | two days later | -1.55% | final price |
| OIH | three days later | -3.03% | final price |
| OIH | three days earlier | -1.76% | final price |
| OIH | five days earlier | +1.60% | final price |
| OXY | that day | +1.72% | final price |
| OXY | the next day | +2.59% | final price |
| OXY | two days later | +2.20% | final price |
| OXY | three days later | +0.96% | final price |
| OXY | three days earlier | -3.14% | final price |
| OXY | five days earlier | -2.97% | final price |
Disclosure records for United States Oil Fund (USO) within two months of 12 Oct 2026
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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
United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees.” 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
For “Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees,” United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) 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
- XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees.” 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
State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf (XOP) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
- AMPY Amplify Energy
For “Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees,” 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
- AEIS Advanced Energy Industries
Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees.” 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
- BTE Baytex Energy
Baytex Energy (BTE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees.” Reason on file: GA selected BTE 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
- BTU Peabody Energy
In “Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees,” Peabody Energy (BTU) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BTU 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 “Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees,” the 12 Oct 2026 Energy story.
What ties United States Oil Fund (USO) to the headline is this: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
A second company, United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO), is listed for a different reason: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations
Price levels for United States Oil Fund (USO)
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 solid the energy case looks
46 out of 100
“Big Oil Goes Back to Iraq and Likes What It Sees” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 10 linked companies.