01:23 PM EST, 11/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks declined Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index down 0.4% and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) shedding 0.8%.

The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index was rising 0.3%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index was decreasing 0.5%.

Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil was declining 1.8% to $57.77 a barrel, and the global benchmark Brent crude contract was dropping 1.7% to $62.28 a barrel. Henry Hub natural gas futures fell 4.6% to $4.34 per 1 million BTU.

In corporate news, Chevron ( CVX ) has been approached by the Venezuelan government to supply an essential feedstock after a US warship blocked the path of a Russian naval vessel near its coast, Bloomberg reported. Chevron ( CVX ) shares were down 0.6%.