** S&P 500 energy index .SPNY falls 0.5% as oil prices
drop around 2% O/R
** Brent crude futures LCOc1 down 1.9% at $73.74/barrel;
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1 down 2.1% at
$69.75/barrel
** Oil prices tumbled after Axios reported that Israel and
Lebanon had agreed to the terms of a deal to end the
Israel-Hezbollah conflict, citing an unnamed senior U.S.
official
** Top oil co Exxon Mobil XOM.N down 0.6%
** ONEOK OKE.N down 2%, Conocophillips COP.N falls 1.4%,
and Diamondback Energy FANG.O down 1.3%; among top pct losers
on the energy index
** Pipeline operator ONEOK on Sunday had agreed to buy the
remaining shares of EnLink Midstream ENLC.N for $4.3 bln in an
all-stock deal
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))