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Crude Oil WTI consolidates at cloud support near $101: Live

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ENERGYCrude Oil WTI consolidates atcloud support near $101: LiveGEOPOLITICS ALPHA

This report is about oil and software. Names like XOM and CVX typically gain because exxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • USO United States Oil Fund+13.9% 30d

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

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR+12.1% 30d

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

  • IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF+5.6% 9d

    iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF: it holds software companies. Linked by “cloud” (software) in this story.

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings+13.4% 16d

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

  • CVX Chevron+15.7% 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.

  • MSFT Microsoft+4.0% 30d

    Microsoft (prepackaged software): software firms move with business tech spending. Linked by “cloud” (software) 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
IGVNo price data for this ticker———————
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———————
MSFTNo 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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Crude Oil WTI consolidates at cloud support near $101: Live Investing.com

Source: Investing.com

United States Oil Fund (USO) compared with energy stocks (XLE) since 2 Nov 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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Who collects and who pays in energy

The side that tends to collect

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings

    For “Crude Oil WTI consolidates at cloud support near $101: Live,” ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) tends to benefit, 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 “Crude Oil WTI consolidates at cloud support near $101: Live,” Chevron (CVX) tends to benefit, medium confidence. Reason on file: Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

No up or down call on file

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    In “Crude Oil WTI consolidates at cloud support near $101: Live,” 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 “oil” (oil) in this story

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 2 Nov 2026 story “Crude Oil WTI consolidates at cloud support near $101: Live.” Reason on file: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

  • IGV Ishares Tr

    In “Crude Oil WTI consolidates at cloud support near $101: Live,” Ishares Tr (IGV) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF: it holds software companies. Linked by “cloud” (software) in this story

  • COP Conocophillips

    In “Crude Oil WTI consolidates at cloud support near $101: Live,” 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

How energy news reaches United States Oil Fund (USO)

United States Oil Fund (USO) is the company in “Crude Oil WTI consolidates at cloud support near $101: Live,” the 2 Nov 2026 Energy story.

What ties United States Oil Fund (USO) to the headline is this: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

A second company, Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE), is listed for a different reason: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “oil” (oil) in this story

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

IGV traded between 108.83 and 112.61 across 4 sessions. The latest close on file is 112.59. USO traded between 141.82 and 171.80 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 168.83. XLE traded between 62.06 and 70.15 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 70.00.

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

46 out of 100

“Crude Oil WTI consolidates at cloud support near $101: Live” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.