09:29 AM EST, 11/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were edging higher premarket Friday, with The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLE ) advancing by 0.6%.

The United States Oil Fund ( USO ) was up 2.2% and the United States Natural Gas Fund ( UNG ) was 2.3% lower.

Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was up 2.1% at $59.92 per barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark North Sea Brent crude oil gained 1.8% to reach $64.12 per barrel, and natural gas futures were 3.9% lower at $4.47 per 1 million British Thermal Units.

Ecopetrol ( EC ) shares were down 0.5% after the company said it has successfully closed its $157.5 million acquisition of Colombian renewable energy projects totaling 0.6 gigawatt from Statkraft European Wind and Solar.

Enbridge ( ENB ) shares were 0.6% lower after the company said it has reached a final investment decision on the Mainline Optimization Phase 1 project, with an estimated $1.40 billion capital cost, to increase its Canadian heavy oil deliveries to key refining markets in the US Midwest and Gulf Coast.