09:26 AM EDT, 09/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were advancing premarket Tuesday, with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLE ) up 0.4%.

The United States Oil Fund ( USO ) was 1.3% higher and the United States Natural Gas Fund ( UNG ) was down 0.6%.

Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was 1.3% higher at $63.11 per barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark North Sea Brent crude oil gained 1.1% to $67.28 per barrel. Natural gas futures were down 0.3% at $2.797 per 1 million British Thermal Units.

Exxon Mobil ( XOM ) shares were 0.3% higher after the company said it has started to leverage a proprietary technology in Singapore to increase production of higher-value products, including a range of lubricant base stocks and fuel.

Sempra ( SRE ) stock was up more than 3% after the company said it agreed to sell a 45% equity interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners to affiliates of KKR (KKR) for $10 billion in cash.