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Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali

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Key takeaways

  • Three crude bomb (locally known as cocktail) explosions occurred around midnight in the capital’s Jatrabari and Banani areas.
  • Exposed: USO, XLE, XOM, CVX, SHEL
  • Market reaction: price tracking starts with the next trading session.

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Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali

Three crude bomb (locally known as cocktail) explosions occurred around midnight in the capital’s Jatrabari and Banani areas. However, no casualties have been reported in these incidents. Jatrabari Police Station Sub-Inspector Salahuddin told Prothom Alo, “Miscreants detonated

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • USO United States Oil Fund-1.1% 30d

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

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR+6.9% 30d

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

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings-2.7% 17d

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

  • CVX Chevron+3.0% 30d

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

  • SHEL Shell+3.5% 11d

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

  • OXY Occidental Petroleum+10.3% 18d

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

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
USO+5.62%-2.06%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XLE+9.12%+3.08%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XOM+8.37%+2.16%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
CVX+7.15%+2.05%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
SHEL+5.91%+2.77%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
OXY+7.63%+1.63%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close

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.

Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali Prothom Alo English

Source: Prothom Alo English

United States Oil Fund (USO) since this story, compared with the market

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
Chevron (CVX)three days earlier+2.05%final price
Chevron (CVX)five days earlier+7.15%final price
Occidental Petroleum (OXY)three days earlier+1.63%final price
Occidental Petroleum (OXY)five days earlier+7.63%final price
Shell (SHEL)three days earlier+2.77%final price
Shell (SHEL)five days earlier+5.91%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)three days earlier-2.06%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)five days earlier+5.62%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)three days earlier+3.08%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)five days earlier+9.12%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)three days earlier+2.16%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)five days earlier+8.37%final price

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United States Oil Fund (USO) on one side of this energy story

Companies carried with this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    In “Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “crude” (oil) in this story

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    In “Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali,” 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 “crude” (oil) in this story

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings

    For “Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali,” 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 “crude” (oil) in this story

  • CVX Chevron

    In “Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali,” 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 “crude” (oil) in this story

  • SHEL Shell

    In “Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali,” 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 “crude” (oil) in this story

  • OXY Occidental Petroleum

    In “Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali,” Occidental Petroleum (OXY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Occidental Petroleum (crude petroleum and natural gas): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “crude” (oil) in this story

United States Oil Fund (USO) and the energy link

“Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali” (8 Nov 2026) reaches United States Oil Fund (USO) through Energy.

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

Also listed, Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE): Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “crude” (oil) in this story

The price range for United States Oil Fund (USO), and the dates in the story

USO traded between 143.02 and 171.80 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 148.41. XLE traded between 63.05 and 70.15 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 66.70. XOM traded between 167.40 and 188.47 across 17 sessions. The latest close on file is 169.46.

How strong the case is around United States Oil Fund (USO)

46 out of 100

“Crude bomb explosions at 2 locations in Dhaka, bus catches fire in Mohakhali” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 6 linked companies.