Oil Stocks Rise as U.S. Executes Venezuela Regime Change

XOM is up 2.4% to trade at $123.38, and earlier hit an all-time high of $125.91. The stock secured a 11.9% gain in 2025, and in the final days of the year broke past $120 in a bullish flag pattern. Energy stocks are on the rise today, after the U.S. military captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife over the weekend. Both will appear in a New York federal court today to face drug-trafficking charges. President Donald Trump noted U.S. oil companies will be "very strongly involved" in Venezuela's ...