By Jared Mitovich
U.S. energy stocks are falling on reports that the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial traffic, further erasing gains from the first weeks of the war with Iran.
Shares in fuel-refiner Phillips 66 and major oil companies Chevron and Exxon Mobil were all down about 6% in morning trading, which followed announcements from President Trump and the Iranian foreign minister declaring the strait open. APA, parent of Texas shale driller Apache, declined 10%.
The strait's closure had zapped millions of barrels of crude from the global economy each day, driving up profits for many oil producers and refiners. Phillips 66, Chevron and Exxon Mobil had each logged their best quarter on record in the first three months of the year as the oil business became one of the market's only wartime havens.
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