09:07 AM EDT, 03/27/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were advancing premarket Friday, with the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) up 0.4%.

The United States Oil Fund (USO) was 3.2% higher and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was up 3.3%.

Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was up 2.5% at $96.82 per barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark North Sea Brent crude oil rose by 2.6% to $110.81 per barrel, and natural gas futures were 3.2% higher at $3.02 per 1 million British Thermal Units.

Venture Global ( VG ) shares were up more than 2% after the company said it reached a settlement agreement with Edison resolving pending arbitration related to the Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas export project.