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Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns

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Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns Baird Maritime

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

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • SBLK Star Bulk Carriers

    Dry-bulk carriers move with commodity shipping demand

  • GOGL Golden Ocean

    Dry-bulk carriers move with commodity shipping demand

  • OXY Occidental Petroleum

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • COP ConocoPhillips

    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%
XOM———————
CVX-3.45%-1.61%—+1.30%+3.29%+2.02%+4.63%
SBLK———————
GOGL+0.00%+0.00%—+0.00%+0.00%+0.00%+0.00%
OXY———————
COP-5.98%-2.44%—+2.44%+3.47%+3.03%+6.51%

Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns Baird Maritime

Source: Baird Maritime

The price since 13 Oct 2026: United States Oil Fund (USO) versus the S&P 500

Since the first closing price after “Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns,” 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
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
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
USO
SPY
XLE

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

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United States Oil Fund (USO) on one side of this energy story

Companies carried with this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    In “Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns,” 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 “Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns,” 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 “Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns,” 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 “Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns,” 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

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns.” 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 “Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns,” 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

  • ASC Ardmore Shipping

    For “Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns,” Ardmore Shipping (ASC) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ASC as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: shipping. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ATO Atmos Energy

    For “Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns,” 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

United States Oil Fund (USO) and the energy link

United States Oil Fund (USO) is the company in “Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns,” the 13 Oct 2026 Energy story.

What ties United States Oil Fund (USO) to the headline is this: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

Also listed, United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO): 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.

How strong the case is around United States Oil Fund (USO)

54 out of 100

“Shipping costs now eat up over a third of oil's value, OPEC warns” scores 54 out of 100. The score uses 2 sources, and 10 linked companies.