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Barbara Goodstein sees some standout opportunities in a few select groups of the market including defense, energy and crypto. Within the defense space, she points to the VanEck Defense ETF (DFNS) as well as General Dynamics (GD) and Rolls Royce (RYCEY) as ways to play that group.
Matt Bartolini, State Street Head of SPDR Americas Research and John Davi, Astoria Portfolio Advisors CIO, sit down with CNBC's Dominic Chu to discuss how ETF investors are reacting to growing Middle East tensions
At the end of last week, fund managers had built up the largest net long position in crude oil futures in nine months, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It is serving as a necessary inflation hedge given a growing conflict in the Middle East, and declining drilling at home.
Even before the Israeli/Iran crisis, crude oil was on our radar and in our portfolio over $62 a barrel. Shale oil supply could be peaking.
Oil prices surge 11% as Iran-Israel conflict escalates. Traders shift into Exxon, Chevron, and XLE for exposure to geopolitical risk premiums.
Stocks of energy companies should do well if the Israel-Iran war continues to lift oil prices.
Crude's 13% rally amid the Middle East turmoil pushed energy ETFs like OIH, XES, PXE, PSCE and XOP sharply higher last week.
This morning the world woke to the kind of news that rattles the oil markets. In the early hours of June 13, Israel launched airstrikes against Iran, reportedly hitting nuclear sites and killing several senior military officials, including Hossein Salami, head of the Revolutionary Guard.
There comes a time in the economic cycle when investors need to dig deeper into fundamentals and stay true to the market's nature of reflecting tomorrow's expectations in today's prices; some developments are acting as a tailwind behind the energy sector of the United States, tailwinds that may lead more capital to rotate into a few specific stocks with all the right fundamental makeup moving forward.
Midstream/MLP ETFs have recorded consistently strong flows in 2025, as the segment is on track to outperform the broader market during the first half of the year.