Stock analysis posts tagged "Energy" from Openbook.

Oil above $100 and a 10-year Treasury yield touching 5% dragged the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow lower in a holiday-shortened week, before a weekend AI slowdown warning knocked chipmakers on Monday. Oracle, Adobe and Kroger reported.

Saudi Arabia shut the pipeline that let its crude bypass Hormuz, and Brent traded near $108. Shell is at a record high, so how much is already priced?

The FTSE 100 ended Monday to Wednesday all but flat as Brent near $92 lifted BP and Shell, while UK inflation rose to 2.9% and the FTSE 250 slipped 0.9%. Kainos and Made Tech surged on guidance upgrades; Smith & Nephew fell as its finance chief quit.

London's blue chips closed at a record on Wednesday as oil swung from an 8.7% slump to a 7.9% rebound, while Wall Street suffered its worst day since April 2025. Unilever, Croda and Rio Tinto led the FTSE 100 higher; Barclays fell.