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Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin

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Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin

President Donald Trump of the United States once again labeled those advocating for fresh sanctions against Russia as "foolish" while he was in talks ...

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • USO United States Oil Fund+13.9% 30d

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

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR+12.1% 30d

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

  • UNG United States Natural Gas Fund-11.6% 30d

    United States Natural Gas Fund: it follows natural-gas prices. Linked by “russia” (natural gas) in this story.

  • BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF-3.3% 17d

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

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings+13.4% 16d

    ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story.

  • CVX Chevron+15.7% 30d

    Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story.

  • COP ConocoPhillips+8.3% 30d

    ConocoPhillips (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story.

  • LNG Cheniere Energy+20.1% 30d

    Cheniere Energy (natural gas distribution): gas producers and exporters earn more when gas prices rise. Linked by “russia” (natural gas) in this story.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
USO-1.54%-1.29%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
XLE-0.51%-2.20%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
UNGNo price data for this ticker———————
BWETNo price data for this ticker———————
XOM-1.45%-2.77%baseafter closeafter closeafter closeafter close
CVXNo price data for this ticker———————
COPNo price data for this ticker———————
LNGNo price data for this ticker———————

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.

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United States Oil Fund (USO) since this story, compared with the market

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
United States Oil Fund (USO)three days earlier-1.29%final price
United States Oil Fund (USO)five days earlier-1.54%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)three days earlier-2.20%final price
Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE)five days earlier-0.51%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)three days earlier-2.77%final price
ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM)five days earlier-1.45%final price

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Who gains and who loses around United States Oil Fund (USO)

Companies carried with this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    In “Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    In “Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

  • UNG United States Natural Gas Fund

    United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 31 Oct 2026 story “Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin.” Reason on file: United States Natural Gas Fund: it follows natural-gas prices. Linked by “russia” (natural gas) in this story

  • BWET Amplify Commodity Trust

    In “Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin,” Amplify Commodity Trust (BWET) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF: it tracks tanker freight rates. Linked by “russia” (tanker shipping) in this story

  • XOM ExxonMobil Holdings

    For “Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin,” ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: ExxonMobil Holdings (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

  • CVX Chevron

    For “Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin,” Chevron (CVX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Chevron (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

  • COP Conocophillips

    In “Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin,” Conocophillips (COP) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: ConocoPhillips (petroleum refining): oil producers' profits rise and fall with crude prices. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

  • LNG Cheniere Energy

    For “Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin,” Cheniere Energy (LNG) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: Cheniere Energy (natural gas distribution): gas producers and exporters earn more when gas prices rise. Linked by “russia” (natural gas) in this story

United States Oil Fund (USO)

United States Oil Fund (USO) is the company in “Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin,” the 31 Oct 2026 this story story.

The link for United States Oil Fund (USO) is this: United States Oil Fund: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is here too. Its reason reads: Energy Select Sector SPDR: its price follows crude oil. Linked by “russia” (oil) in this story

Price levels for United States Oil Fund (USO)

UNG traded between 8.95 and 11.43 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 9.08. USO traded between 141.82 and 171.80 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 168.83. XLE traded between 62.06 and 70.15 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 70.00.

A simple score for United States Oil Fund (USO)

46 out of 100

“Trump Criticizes "Foolish" Calls for Sanctions on Russia Amid Negotiations with Putin” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 8 linked companies.