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Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital

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Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital Al-Monitor

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-1.90%+0.47%—-2.61%-4.21%-6.00%-6.72%
GSL+0.44%+0.38%—-0.12%-4.86%-7.24%-8.79%
LMT-0.43%-0.82%—-1.60%+1.95%+4.06%+7.83%
RTX———————
SBLK———————
GOGL+0.00%+0.00%—+0.00%+0.00%+0.00%+0.00%
XOM———————
CVX-3.45%-1.61%—+1.30%+3.29%+2.02%+4.63%

Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital Al-Monitor

Source: Al-Monitor

What happened to United States Oil Fund (USO) the last 10 times Red Sea was in the news

Across 10 earlier stories, United States Oil Fund (USO) the next day averaged +3.26%. The largest gain was +3.26% and the largest drop was +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+2.88%+3.24%+2.41%10
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)three days later+3.34%+6.00%+2.27%10

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

Since the first closing price after “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is +4.67%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.40% over the same days, a +5.06% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +0.27%, a +4.40% difference versus that group of stocks.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
CVXthat day+1.30%final price
CVXthe next day+3.29%final price
CVXtwo days later+2.02%final price
CVXthree days later+4.63%final price
CVXthree days earlier-1.61%final price
CVXfive days earlier-3.45%final price
DACthat day-2.61%final price
DACthe next day-4.21%final price
DACtwo days later-6.00%final price
DACthree days later-6.72%final price
DACthree days earlier+0.47%final price
DACfive days earlier-1.90%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 earlier0.00%final price
GSLthat day-0.12%final price
GSLthe next day-4.86%final price
GSLtwo days later-7.24%final price
GSLthree days later-8.79%final price
GSLthree days earlier+0.38%final price
GSLfive days earlier+0.44%final price
LMTthat day-1.60%final price
LMTthe next day+1.95%final price
LMTtwo days later+4.06%final price
LMTthree days later+7.83%final price
LMTthree days earlier-0.82%final price
LMTfive days earlier-0.43%final price
USO
SPY
XLE

Disclosure records for United States Oil Fund (USO) within two months of 13 Oct 2026

Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).

The Red Sea count beside this story

Red Sea has 103 linked stories in the last 7 days and 103 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital.” The recent pace is rising.

Who collects and who pays in energy

Companies tied to this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital,” 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

    For “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital,” 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 “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital,” 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 “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital,” 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

  • CCEC Capital Clean Energy Carriers

    In “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital,” Capital Clean Energy Carriers (CCEC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CCEC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: capital, energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    In “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital,” 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

    Amplify Energy (AMPY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital.” 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

    In “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital,” Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. 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

How energy news reaches United States Oil Fund (USO)

United States Oil Fund (USO) is the company in “Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital,” the 13 Oct 2026 Red Sea story.

United States Oil Fund (USO) is on the page because Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is here too. Its reason reads: 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.

A simple score for United States Oil Fund (USO)

46 out of 100

“Houthis say Saudi Arabia strikes oil site in Yemen's capital” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 10 linked companies.