Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk

The latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET.

1538 ET – Crude futures make small gains after OPEC+ said it will return another 137,000 barrels a day of curtailed production in December, but will pause output increases in the first quarter of 2026. “Any negative price implications from OPEC’s furtherance of this quarter’s 137,000 b/d production increase were offset by the cartel’s suggested pause in output advances after the end of this year,” Ritterbusch says in a note. OPEC+ attributed the pause to seasonality, and said the group maintained “full flexibility to continue pausing or reverse the additional voluntary production adjustments.” WTI settles up 0.1% at $61.05 a barrel, and Brent rises 0.2% to $64.89. (anthony.harrup@wsj.com)