The IBC closed at 2,082 points on the last trading day of 2025 and surpassed 5,000 points on January 8

Venezuela's stock market soared after Maduro's ouster. Is it possible to make money on it?

Chevron Corporation

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Valero Energy Corporation

Oil prices rose sharply on Thursday, January 8, after two consecutive days of decline. Futures for Mark Brent rose by 4.7% to $62.7 per barrel. Exchange contracts for North American WTI added the same amount and almost reached $58.7 per barrel.

Oil prices have jumped nearly 5%. They are back to the level before Maduro's overthrow

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Northrop Grumman Corporation

General Dynamics Corporation

Globus Medical, Inc.

Phathom Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

AbbVie Inc.

GameStop Corp.

AAR Corp.

Blackstone 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: investors will continue to assess the environment

ConocoPhillips

U.S. oil giant Chevron is in talks with the U.S. government to expand its license to produce and export oil from Venezuela after the overthrow of its leader Nicolas Maduro, sources <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chevron-talks-with-us-government-expanded-venezuela-license-sources-say-2026-01-07/">told </a>Reuters and a Bloomberg interviewer <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/chevron-in-talks-with-us-to-extend-venezuela-operating-license?sref=Y0jVLcFo">confirmed </a>.

Chevron in talks with U.S. to expand Venezuela production and exports - Reuters

BP p.l.c.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Shell plc

This is the first recent case of a Russian-flagged vessel being seized by the US military, Reuters notes.

The US announced the seizure of a tanker flying the Russian flag 

The platform does not consider Trump's words that the US will control Venezuela to be evidence.

Polymarket refused to pay out winnings on bets on a US "invasion" of Venezuela

Strategy Inc

NVIDIA Corporation

Sandisk Corporation

Western Digital Corporation

Seagate Technology Holdings plc

Ventyx Biosciences, Inc.

Mobileye Global Inc.

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.

Morning in New York: in search of balance between statistics and geopolitics

Washington insists that the new government in Caracas should cooperate in the oil sector only with the US.

Trump demanded Venezuela break ties with China and Russia — media

Venezuela's interim government will transfer 30 to 50 million barrels of "high-quality" oil to the US, which cannot be exported due to Washington's sanctions, President Donald Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115850817778602689">said</a> in a post on Truth Social. For comparison, Venezuela currently <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/ssa-zahvatili-maduro-posle-udarov-po-venesuele-onlajn">supplies </a>no more than 800,000 barrels per day <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/ssa-zahvatili-maduro-posle-udarov-po-venesuele-onlajn">to </a>the world market, Bloomberg noted. The US itself produces 13.8 million barrels per day.

Venezuela to transfer up to 50 million barrels of oil to the US — Trump

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

The US and Venezuela have begun negotiations on oil supplies to American refineries — Reuters

The capture of the Venezuelan president by the Americans in early January was one of the momentous events that could spell the end of the classic investment portfolio consisting of 60% stocks and 40% bonds, according to strategists at brokerage firm Strategas.

Maduro's collapse is a threat to the 60/40 portfolio, strategists say. What do they advise buying?

Flotek Industries, Inc.

Core Laboratories Inc.

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.

Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.

On January 3, 2026, the US <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/ssa-zahvatili-maduro-posle-udarov-po-venesuele-onlajn">conducted</a> a military operation in Venezuela called "Absolute Resolve," during which the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, was captured. This move by Washington effectively ended months of escalation, accompanied by a naval blockade of Venezuelan oil tankers and accusations of the regime's involvement in drug trafficking.

Flotek, Core Lab, Helix: which small-cap stocks benefited after the overthrow of the Venezuelan government
