** S&P 500 Energy sector .SPNY rises ~1.1% tracking gains
in crude prices after oil prices stabilized on further OPEC+
supply cuts, having fallen 2% on Thursday O/R
** Brent crude futures LCOc1 for February rise 0.3% to
$81.10 on their first day, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude
futures CLc1 up 0.3% at $76.16
** Oil majors Exxon Mobil XOM.N and Chevron CVX.N shares
up 0.9% and 2.2%, respectively
** Halliburton HAL.N , Marathon Petroleum MPC.N , APA
APA.O and ConocoPhillips COP.N climb between 0.7%-2.3%,
among top pct. gainers on the energy index
** Shares of refiners such as Phillips 66 PSX.N and PBF
Energy PBF.N up 1% and 2%, respectively
(Reporting by Kabir Dweit)
((Kabir.Dweit@thomsonreuters.com))