Oil companies fall on economic concerns, inflows on tech stocks
** Shares of energy and oil field services companies fall despite oil prices reaching their highest levels since late April on Friday O/R
** Brent LCoc1 up ~0.5% to $87.82 a barrel at 11:16 a.m. ET, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were up ~0.6% at $84.36
** Among the top losers on the S&P 500 .SPX are Civitas Resources CIVI.N down 3.6% at $67.7, Permian Resources PR.N down 4.1% at $16.11, and PBF Energy PBF.N falling 4.2% to $43.85
** Other oil & gas companies fall between 0.4% and 5%
** Low volumes along with concerns around economy and growth was weighing on shares, and with oil at $80+ on the front-month, there could be more risk to investor profit taking, said Gabriele Sorbara, managing director of equities research at Siebert William Shank
** Additionally, "money continues to flow into the tech sector, which comes at the expense of the energy stocks...the energy weighting in the S&P500 is at 3.54%, the lowest level since early 2022, while tech is at a record level (>33%)"
Reporting by Seher Dareen in Bengaluru
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