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Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks

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In trading on Monday, oil & gas equipment & services shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.2%. Leading the group were shares of ProFrac Holding, up about 8.1% and shares of Transocean up about 7.6% on the day. Also showing relative strength are oil &am

Directly affected

  • ACDC ProFrac Holding

    Named in this report.

  • RIG Transocean

    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
ACDC———————
RIG———————
XOM———————
CVX———————
OXY———————
COP———————
VLO———————
MPC———————
XOP———————
XLE———————
USO———————
OIH———————

In trading on Monday, oil & gas equipment & services shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.2%. Leading the group were shares of ProFrac Holding, up about 8.1% and shares of Transocean up about 7.6% on the day. Also showing…

Source: Nasdaq Markets

How far United States Oil Fund (USO) has moved since 5 Oct 2026

Since the first closing price after “Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is +10.97%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.60% over the same days, a +12.58% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +6.39%, a +4.59% difference versus that group of stocks.

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Who collects and who pays in energy

Companies carried with this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks,” 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 “Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks,” 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 “Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks,” 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

    State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf (XOP) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 5 Oct 2026 story “Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • NESR National Energy Services Reunited

    In “Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks,” National Energy Services Reunited (NESR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected NESR as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: services, energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ESOA Energy Services of America

    For “Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks,” Energy Services of America (ESOA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ESOA as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: services, energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • NINE Nine Energy Service

    Nine Energy Service (NINE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 5 Oct 2026 story “Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks.” Reason on file: GA selected NINE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: services, energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • KLXE KLX Energy Services Holdings

    In “Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks,” KLX Energy Services Holdings (KLXE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected KLXE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: services, energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

United States Oil Fund (USO) and the energy link

The 5 Oct 2026 story “Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks” names United States Oil Fund (USO) because of Energy.

For United States Oil Fund (USO), the reason on file says 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

What this energy story puts on the calendar

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.

How solid the energy case looks

46 out of 100

“Monday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Stocks” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 10 linked companies.