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Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas

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Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas KCUR

Directly affected

  • AEE Ameren

    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

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
AEE———————
XOM———————
CVX-3.45%-1.61%—+1.30%+3.29%+2.02%+4.63%
OXY-4.58%-1.39%—+0.85%+0.47%-0.75%+2.06%
COP-5.98%-2.44%—+2.44%+3.47%+3.03%+6.51%
VLO———————
MPC-5.88%+0.92%—+3.86%+5.51%+3.72%+4.08%
XOP———————
XLE———————
USO———————
OIH+0.75%-0.38%—+0.51%-1.62%-3.10%-1.60%

Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas KCUR

Source: KCUR

The price since 13 Oct 2026: Natural Gas Services Group (NGS) versus the S&P 500

Since the first closing price after “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas,” Natural Gas Services Group (NGS) is -0.55%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.40% over the same days, a -0.15% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +0.27%, a -0.81% difference versus that group of stocks.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
COPthat day+2.44%final price
COPthe next day+3.47%final price
COPtwo days later+3.03%final price
COPthree days later+6.51%final price
COPthree days earlier-2.44%final price
COPfive days earlier-5.98%final price
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
MPCthat day+3.86%final price
MPCthe next day+5.51%final price
MPCtwo days later+3.72%final price
MPCthree days later+4.08%final price
MPCthree days earlier+0.92%final price
MPCfive days earlier-5.88%final price
OIHthat day+0.51%final price
OIHthe next day-1.62%final price
OIHtwo days later-3.10%final price
OIHthree days later-1.60%final price
OIHthree days earlier-0.38%final price
OIHfive days earlier+0.75%final price
OXYthat day+0.85%final price
OXYthe next day+0.47%final price
OXYtwo days later-0.75%final price
OXYthree days later+2.06%final price
OXYthree days earlier-1.39%final price
OXYfive days earlier-4.58%final price
NGS
SPY
XLE

Filings that name Natural Gas Services Group (NGS) around 13 Oct 2026

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How busy Taiwan Strait has been lately

Taiwan Strait has 48 linked stories in the last 7 days and 48 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas.” The recent pace is rising.

Companies in energy around Natural Gas Services Group (NGS)

Companies carried with this story

  • NGS Natural Gas Services Group

    Natural Gas Services Group (NGS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas.” Reason on file: GA selected NGS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: natural gas, natural. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • UNG United States Natural Gas Fund

    In “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas,” United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    For “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas.” 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 “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas,” 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

    In “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas,” 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

  • BE Bloom Energy

    For “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas,” Bloom Energy (BE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. 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

  • BTE Baytex Energy

    In “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas,” Baytex Energy (BTE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. 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

How a Taiwan Strait shock reaches Natural Gas Services Group (NGS)

The 13 Oct 2026 story “Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas” names Natural Gas Services Group (NGS) because of Taiwan Strait.

What ties Natural Gas Services Group (NGS) to the headline is this: GA selected NGS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: natural gas, natural. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is here too. Its reason reads: Natural-gas or LNG supply changes can transmit through gas pricing and energy-sector cash flows

What this energy story puts on the calendar

NGS traded between 30.67 and 34.84 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 31.02. UNG traded between 10.14 and 11.66 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 10.47. XLE traded between 60.95 and 68.51 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.80.

How strong the case is around Natural Gas Services Group (NGS)

46 out of 100

“Missouri activists protest Ameren plan to power data centers with coal and natural gas” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.