09:03 AM EDT, 03/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks fell premarket Thursday as the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) declined by 0.2% recently.

The United States Oil Fund (USO) was down 0.1% and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was 0.8% lower.

Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was down 0.1% at $69.61 per barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark North Sea Brent crude oil fell 0.1% to $73.00 per barrel. Natural gas futures were 1.1% lower at $3.831 per 1 million British Thermal Units.

New Fortress Energy ( NFE ) shares rose past 6% after the company said it completed a transaction with Excelerate Energy ( EE ) to sell its Jamaican assets for $1.06 billion.