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Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears

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Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears Kurdistan24

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping

    Container lines are exposed when a shipping lane is disrupted

  • MATX Matson

    Container lines are exposed when a shipping lane is disrupted

  • DAC Danaos

    Ship owners earn more when vessels are tied up longer

  • GSL Global Ship Lease

    Ship owners earn more when vessels are tied up longer

  • LMT Lockheed Martin

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • RTX RTX

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • SBLK Star Bulk Carriers

    Dry-bulk carriers move with commodity shipping demand

  • GOGL Golden Ocean

    Dry-bulk carriers move with commodity shipping demand

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
ZIM———————
MATX———————
DAC-1.85%-2.49%—+0.32%-2.30%-3.91%-5.70%
GSL+2.96%+0.29%—+1.55%+1.42%-3.39%-5.81%
LMT-0.61%-2.04%—+0.48%-1.13%+2.44%+4.55%
RTX———————
SBLK———————
GOGL-1.26%+0.00%—+0.00%+0.00%+0.00%+0.00%
XOM———————
CVX-2.61%-3.22%—+1.43%+2.75%+4.76%+3.48%

Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears Kurdistan24

Source: Kurdistan24

What happened to United States Oil Fund (USO) the last 7 times Red Sea was in the news

Those 7 earlier stories put United States Oil Fund (USO) at an average move of +3.26% the next day. Largest gain +3.26%, largest drop +3.26%, from 1 prices.

CompanyWhenAverageLargest gainLargest dropPrices
United States Oil Fund (USO)the next day+3.26%+3.26%+3.26%1
United States Oil Fund (USO)three days later+6.12%+6.12%+6.12%1
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)the next day+3.08%+3.24%+2.67%7
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)three days later+3.34%+6.00%+2.27%7

Price since this story was published: United States Oil Fund (USO)

Since the first closing price after “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears,” 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.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
CVXthat day+1.43%final price
CVXthe next day+2.75%final price
CVXtwo days later+4.76%final price
CVXthree days later+3.48%final price
CVXthree days earlier-3.22%final price
CVXfive days earlier-2.61%final price
DACthat day+0.32%final price
DACthe next day-2.30%final price
DACtwo days later-3.91%final price
DACthree days later-5.70%final price
DACthree days earlier-2.49%final price
DACfive days earlier-1.85%final price
GOGLthat day0.00%final price
GOGLthe next day0.00%final price
GOGLtwo days later0.00%final price
GOGLthree days later0.00%final price
GOGLthree days earlier0.00%final price
GOGLfive days earlier-1.26%final price
GSLthat day+1.55%final price
GSLthe next day+1.42%final price
GSLtwo days later-3.39%final price
GSLthree days later-5.81%final price
GSLthree days earlier+0.29%final price
GSLfive days earlier+2.96%final price
LMTthat day+0.48%final price
LMTthe next day-1.13%final price
LMTtwo days later+2.44%final price
LMTthree days later+4.55%final price
LMTthree days earlier-2.04%final price
LMTfive days earlier-0.61%final price
USO
SPY
XLE

Who reported a United States Oil Fund (USO) trade near this story

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Red Sea on the map for this story

Red Sea has 101 linked stories in the last 7 days and 101 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears.” The recent pace is rising.

Who gains and who loses around United States Oil Fund (USO)

Companies tied to this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears,” 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

    In “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears,” 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

    For “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) 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

  • XOP State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf

    In “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears,” 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

    In “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears,” Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. 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 “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears,” 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 “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears.” 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 “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears.” 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

What Red Sea means for United States Oil Fund (USO)

The 12 Oct 2026 story “Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears” names United States Oil Fund (USO) because of Red Sea.

The link for United States Oil Fund (USO) 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

Dates in the story, and the United States Oil Fund (USO) price range

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.

A simple score for United States Oil Fund (USO)

46 out of 100

“Brent Oil Nears $107 as Houthi Strikes on Saudi Arabia Fuel Supply Fears” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 10 linked companies.