Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant Aramco posted first-quarter profits of $26 billion on Sunday, down 4.6% from the prior year. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co, had revenues of $108.1 billion over the quarter, the company reported in a filing on Riyadh's Tadawul stock exchange. The company saw $107.2 billion in revenues and profits of $27.2 billion the same quarter last year. Aramco's stock traded over $6 a share Thursday, down from a high of around $8 last year. It has dropped over the past year as oil prices have dipped, and in recent months, as the OPEC+ oil cartel announced restoring production more rapidly and as uncertainty driven by US tariffs has rippled through Middle Eastern markets. Benchmark Brent crude traded Friday at over $63 a barrel, down from highs of over $80 in the last year.
Brent crude futures rose $1.06, or 1.64%, to $65.73 a barrel by 12:18 p.m. EDT (1618 GMT) while US West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.02, or 1.66%, to $62.35
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Brent crude was up 73 cents, or 0.9%, at $84.65 a barrel by 0122 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $80.41 a barrel, up 85 cents, or 1.1%
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Brent crude futures were down $1.49, or 1.6%, at $93.08 a barrel at 1330 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $1.64, or 1.8%, to $87.47.