The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported this morning that last week's withdrawal from U.S. natural gas storage was 36 billion cubic feet. That's less than analysts expected.
As crude oil prices rose over the past month, so too has short interest in energy company stocks.
Just when it looked as if crude oil prices were going to pull back, suddenly a one-day surge has taken oil back above $60 per barrel.
The U.S. natural gas storage withdrawal last week was in line with expectations, keeping the price of the commodity for April delivery within a penny of Wednesday's closing price.
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One sector that had been a perpetual underperformer of the great bull market has been the energy sector. But times have changed.
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Last week's natural gas storage withdrawal topped 200 billion cubic feet, right around an analysts' estimate. U.S. natural gas stockpiles are now nearly a third lower than their five-year average.
The February 28 short interest data have been compared with the previous figures, and short interest in most of these selected big oil stocks decreased.
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The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday included Abercrombie & Fitch, Exxon Mobil, Etsy, GameStop, Kraft Heinz, Netflix, Tilray and Vodafone.
The U.S. natural gas inventory dropped by 149 billion cubic feet last week, closed to the analysts' consensus expectations. Colder weather ahead may sharpen demand in the coming week.
In its investor day presentation Wednesday, Exxon Mobil said it plans to increase capital spending in the next two years, primarily in upstream production. Investors are not reacting well.
Chevron is targeting higher returns and production from the Permian Basin shale plays and strong cash flows to support a dividend hike and ongoing share buybacks.
The U.S. natural gas inventory dropped as expected last week. The effect on prices was modest, dropping somewhat before recovering most of that dip.
