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Oil's 6% slide and US benchmark gains set the ASX up for a stronger open. Monadelphous lands a $200M BHP contract, China targets battery recycling.
Marathon Petroleum's $8.5B adjusted EBITDA beat consensus as refining margins held firm. The company returned $2.1B to shareholders. Alpha Score 57.
WTI crude hit $75.59, a new low for the pullback, after losing its 200-day moving average at $77.02. Fibonacci support at $73.43 and $71.32 now lies ahead.
Energy Transfer reported Q2 results and updated guidance early Tuesday. The earnings call is underway with analysts focused on the revised outlook.
Ferroglobe Q2 sales rose 8.9% sequentially to $378.6M on higher silicon metal volumes. Silicon pricing stayed weak; alloy segment EBITDA more than doubled. CEO sees critical materials growth.
CFO Alejandro Basso said TGS has taken FID on its NGL project, with contracts for more than 90% of capacity already executed and construction now under way.
A breakdown from a bear-flag continuation pattern exposes the $2.50 April low and reinforces the larger downtrend from January's $7.44 peak.
Seeking Alpha analyst downgrades Portland General Electric, ending the last discount in an overvalued sector. Yields and the next earnings print decide.
Stoeferle says gold's secular bull market is intact with allocations at 3%, while Oliver predicts a mania in miners and oil in the hundreds.
RANK ETF's July winners included Corpay, Amazon and Baker Hughes, with gains of 14.65%, 13.95% and 9% respectively. The dual-filter strategy screens for analyst buy ratings and price momentum.
ONEOK's Alpha Score of 57 signals moderate risk as NGL compression and Bakken headwinds emerge. The September analyst day will provide updated capex and volume outlook.
Gulfport Energy's Q2 output hit a record 1.2 Bcfe/d and free cash flow jumped 39% to $103 million, even as realized gas prices slipped. The CEO said the single-rig plan works at $2.50 gas and the company won't chase the commodity.
Sunoco cuts 2026 distribution target 13% to $2.82/unit, freeing $90M for Permian terminal and a Northeast acquisition. Q2 adjusted EBITDA of $318M was in line.
TETRA beat Q2 estimates on bromine and water strength, raised FY26 EBITDA guidance to $315-325M, and announced a $100M buyback. Shares rose 8%.
WTI crude hits $74.25, Brent below $79 as Bessent says Strait of Hormuz deal could be ready within days. Natural gas slides on supply glut.
Earnings calls spiked tariff mentions after Trump's April 2025 tariffs, with 85% of companies citing them by Q2. That share fell to 34% a year later, researchers found.
Diamondback Energy raised its 2026 production guidance and boosted the dividend 7%, while unveiling plans for a Permian gas-fired power plant to serve data centers.
Energy stocks boosted IDOG's July return to 6.3%, with Aker BP and Equinor leading. A weaker dollar added 1.35 percentage points. Technology was the only sector to fall.
ONGC's net profit more than doubled to ₹17,034 crore as crude realisations surged 50% to $99.45/bbl. Production flat, but company expects reversal via new projects.
DuPont's Q2 2026 earnings call opened Aug. 4 with CEO Lori Koch, CFO Antonella Franzen and analysts from Goldman and BMO; AlphaScala scores DD 44/100, Mixed.
43 hedge fund portfolios hold Kosmos Energy, up from 21, after Q2 crude weakness. Hotchkis & Wiley keeps the stock and expects months of undersupply.
APA shares, up 98% in 52 weeks, slipped on Iran resolution hopes after an in-line quarter. Alpha Score 69. The fund cites free cash flow and Alaska upside.
Olin Corp. is underearning on depressed chlor-alkali prices. Hotchkis & Wiley's fund sees a multi-year supply tightening cycle that could drive a pricing recovery, with Olin as the swing producer capturing disproportionate upside.
GROx AUM hit ₹3,003 crore, up 32% QoQ, as UGRO Capital's merchant lending platform crosses 3.4 lakh active customers. Company sees no further equity need through FY29.
WTI crude slips toward $70 as Trump hints at Iran deal while Tehran denies. The 200-day EMA offers support, but headline risk keeps traders from picking a side.
Natural gas fell Tuesday on a supply glut and weak demand. Traders eye the April gap fill; Qatar's LNG flows to Europe could tighten winter supplies.
EPA approval adds hospital-grade disinfection claims against 20+ pathogens including C. diff and MRSA, plus canine parvovirus and kennel cough, at a single 10-minute contact time. The animal-care angle differentiates the hypochlorous acid product in a market dominated by bleach and quats.
NioBay Metals achieved 99.6% niobium oxide purity from its Crevier project, meeting battery-grade specs. The milestone opens supply paths to superalloy and battery makers.
Two workers died in a July 2025 tank inspection at MRPL. Octobotics' magnetic crawler robots aim to replace dangerous manual checks. The startup just raised ₹10 Cr in seed funding.
Fresnillo doubled its interim dividend after record H1 results, with EBITDA more than doubling on higher metals prices. CEO Alvidréz sees silver averaging $76/oz in 2026.