Shares of energy companies rose as oil futures tested the highs of the year.
Oil futures closed just shy of $82 a barrel in New York, coming within 2% of its 2024 high, after reports that the Islamic State had committed a massacre in a theatre on the outskirts of Moscow.
PetroChina, the listed arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corp., posted an 8.3% increase in quarterly profit.
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