- The energy sector (XLE +0.1%) pokes into the green as crude oil prices pare earlier losses even after the collapse of the Doha meeting, and it's a mixed bag among the top global oil companies in early trading: XOM +0.1%, CVX +0.3%, RDS.A -0.9%, BP -0.3%, TOT -0.4%.
- Kuwait may have achieved what Doha failed to do, at least in the short term, as a labor strike that began Sunday has cut the country's production by 60%, shuttering 1.7M bbl/day, slightly more than H1's global surplus that caused prices drop to a 12-year low in January.
- Some oil analysts say the lack of a Doha deal is better for oil prices in the long run now that the rebalancing process of supply and demand can continue to its natural conclusion.
- Other noteworthy names: KMI -0.1%, CHK -4%, MRO -1.4%, COP +0.1%, SLB +0.2%, HAL +0.2%, BHI -0.7%, OXY +0.5%, APC -0.1%, HES +0.6%, ENB +0.8%, ETP -0.4%, EPD +1.5%.
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