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Oil up on tanker attacks and Houthi claim of airport strike

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ENERGY · RED SEAOil up on tanker attacks andHouthi claim of airport strikeGEOPOLITICS ALPHA

This report is about oil and tanker shipping. Names like FRO and DHT typically gain because frontline (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • USO United States Oil Fund-5.0% 30d

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

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR+6.9% 30d

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

  • BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF-3.3% 17d

    Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks tanker freight rates. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF+1.1% 30d

    iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF: it holds defense and aerospace contractors. Linked by “houthi” (defense) in this story.

  • FRO Frontline+1.0% 30d

    Frontline (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • DHT DHT Holdings

    DHT Holdings (deep sea foreign transportation of freight): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • INSW International Seaways-9.6% 14d

    International Seaways (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

  • TNK Teekay Tankers

    Teekay Tankers (water transportation): tanker owners earn more when more crude has to move by sea. Linked by “tanker” (tanker shipping) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
USO+13.96%+6.75%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XLE+13.47%+8.12%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
BWET+38.94%+24.54%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
ITA+2.67%+5.93%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
FRO+27.38%+17.44%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
DHT+22.29%+17.01%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
INSW+18.39%+10.91%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
TNK+22.76%+16.36%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close

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.

Oil up on tanker attacks and Houthi claim of airport strike Arabian Gulf Business Insight | AGBI

Source: Arabian Gulf Business Insight | AGBI

Red Sea

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
BWETthree days earlier+24.54%final price
BWETfive days earlier+38.94%final price
DHTthree days earlier+17.01%final price
DHTfive days earlier+22.29%final price
FROthree days earlier+17.44%final price
FROfive days earlier+27.38%final price
INSWthree days earlier+10.91%final price
INSWfive days earlier+18.39%final price
ITAthree days earlier+5.93%final price
ITAfive days earlier+2.67%final price
TNKthree days earlier+16.36%final price
TNKfive days earlier+22.76%final price
USOthree days earlier+6.75%final price
USOfive days earlier+13.96%final price
XLEthree days earlier+8.12%final price
XLEfive days earlier+13.47%final price

Red Sea, seven days against thirty

Red Sea

Geopolitics Alpha has 9 stories about Red Sea from the past 7 days and 218 stories from the past 30. That is slower than its usual pace over the past month. “Oil up on tanker attacks and Houthi claim of airport strike” is tagged to Red Sea.

How solid the energy case looks

12 out of 100

“Oil up on tanker attacks and Houthi claim of airport strike” scores 12 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources.