09:06 AM EDT, 08/11/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were declining premarket Tuesday, with the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) declining by 0.1%.

The United States Oil Fund (USO) was down 0.2% and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was 0.8% higher.

Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was 0.4% higher at $82.47 per barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark North Sea Brent crude oil rose 0.2% to $87.92 per barrel, and natural gas futures were up 0.6% at $2.81 per 1 million British Thermal Units.

Venture Global ( VG ) stock was down more than 4% after the company reported Q2 revenue that missed analysts' expectations.