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Investors sense opportunities in Big Oil - but mind the gap

Shares in top energy firms have risen but have failed to keep step with recovering crude markets

Published Fri, Jan 5, 2018 · 09:50 PM

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    INVESTORS are gaining confidence - up to a point - that 2018 will be the year of oil stocks.

    While shares in top energy companies have risen since mid-2017, they have failed to keep step with recovering crude markets, opening up a historically unusual performance gap. Big oil stocks have also underperformed broader equity indexes.

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