Chevron Corporation

Exxon Mobil Corporation

ConocoPhillips

The heads of major U.S. oil companies at a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday, January 9, expressed caution about returning to Venezuela, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-09/trump-pressures-big-oil-for-100-billion-venezuela-investment?srnd=homepage-americas&amp;sref=Y0jVLcFo">reports </a>.Top managers of Chevron, Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, as well as executives of Halliburton, Valero Energy, Marathon and other players came to the White House. Although many thanked Trump for the opportunities opened after the overthrow of Maduro, big business is in no hurry to make large-scale investments, the agency notes.

Oil giants cautiously embraced Trump's call to invest $100 billion in Venezuela

Valero Energy Corporation

The Dow Jones soared 1.5% at once, and if the rally continues until closing, the index will set its first record in 2026.

US stocks jumped after Maduro's ouster. Who will be the main beneficiary?

Tesla, Inc.

Pinterest, Inc.

Baidu, Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the US stock market by Mikhail Denislavov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: The US and Venezuela bring geopolitics back into focus

The largest US oil producer expects earnings growth of 75% relative to 2024

Exxon will increase production by 2030 more than expected. Shares jumped 

Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation is among the companies that are interested in international assets of Lukoil, which has fallen under U.S. sanctions, Bloomberg sources <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-18/lukoil-s-suitor-list-grows-to-include-exxon-chevron-abu-dhabi?srnd=homepage-europe&amp;sref=Y0jVLcFo">said </a>. The possibility of buying part of the Russian oil giant's foreign business is also being studied by Chevron, Reuters <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/chevron-izucaet-vozmoznost-vykupa-aktivov-popavsego-pod-sankcii-lukojla-reuters">wrote the</a> day before, also citing sources. Exxon and Chevron are considering Lukoil's stake in Iraq's West Qurna-2 field, two Bloomberg sources said.

Exxon joins Chevron as bidders for Russian Lukoil assets

The European Union, a global leader in pursuing the green agenda, is having to scale back some of its initiatives under pressure from major gas suppliers and its own politicians. But despite this political reversal, the technological transition to a greener economy is accelerating, and the stock market is showing that there is money to be made in sustainable development.

European energy corporations force EU regulators to change their approach to ESG environmental standards

BP p.l.c.

The company has not announced news of the sale of its Castrol lubricants business, an important part of its plan to reduce its multi-billion dollar debt

BP's profits beat expectations. Why are investors selling off the stock?

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Coinbase Global, Inc.

Strategy Inc

Hims & Hers Health, Inc.

Rocket Companies, Inc.

Illumina, Inc.

AbbVie Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: the index of business activity in manufacturing will set the trading vector

Both companies reported record production levels

Exxon and Chevron's profits fell due to lower oil prices. How did investors take it?

Apple Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Morning in New York: bigtech inspires the "bulls"

Shell plc

TotalEnergies SE

Production growth and a focus on refining helped offset the fall in hydrocarbon prices

Shell beats profit expectations, Total hits forecast despite falling prices

Target Corporation

Merck & Co., Inc.

The mismatch between the S&amp;P 500's record-breaking gains and the problems in the U.S. economy has Wall Street increasingly worried about the risks of a correction