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Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes

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Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes Oilfield Technology

Directly affected

  • MUR Murphy Oil

    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
MUR———————
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%

Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes Oilfield Technology

Source: Oilfield Technology

Murphy Oil (MUR) since this story, compared with the market

Since the first closing price after “Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes,” Murphy Oil (MUR) is +8.14%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.40% over the same days, a +8.54% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +0.27%, a +7.87% 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
Vaneck Vectors Etf (OIH)that day+0.51%final price
Vaneck Vectors Etf (OIH)the next day-1.62%final price
Vaneck Vectors Etf (OIH)two days later-3.10%final price
Vaneck Vectors Etf (OIH)three days later-1.60%final price
Vaneck Vectors Etf (OIH)three days earlier-0.38%final price
Vaneck Vectors Etf (OIH)five 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
MUR
SPY
XLE

Companies in energy around Murphy Oil (MUR)

Companies carried with this story

  • MUR Murphy Oil

    Murphy Oil (MUR) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes.” Reason on file: GA selected MUR as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: murphy, corp, oil. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes.” 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 “Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes,” 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 “Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes,” 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

    For “Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes,” 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

  • AMPY Amplify Energy

    In “Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes,” 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, corp. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ATO Atmos Energy

    In “Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes,” 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, corp. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BE Bloom Energy

    In “Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes,” 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, corp. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How energy news reaches Murphy Oil (MUR)

The 13 Oct 2026 story “Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes” names Murphy Oil (MUR) because of Energy.

What ties Murphy Oil (MUR) to the headline is this: GA selected MUR as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: murphy, corp, oil. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

United States Oil Fund (USO) is here too. Its reason reads: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

Dates and price levels for Murphy Oil (MUR)

BNO traded between 57.39 and 67.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.10. MUR traded between 35.32 and 42.67 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 42.51. USO traded between 141.82 and 162.99 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 160.80.

The energy score for Murphy Oil (MUR)

46 out of 100

“Murphy Oil Corp announces exploration and appraisal successes” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 12 linked companies.