Via Filipe Pacheco in bloomberg.com : January delivered a hefty slice of volatility for oil and global energy stocks as the spreading coronavirus shocked investors. But in Riyadh, shares in Saudi Aramco followed a different narrative in their first full month of trading. The stock weathered the month — marked by the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and then the spread of the coronavirus — much better than oil-major peers, ending well above the price set at its record initial public offering. Aramco retreated 3.1% in January, in contrast with the 12% slump in Brent crude and a drop of more than 10% for global peers such as Chevron Corp., Total SA and Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
