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NYSE: XOMExxon Mobil (XOM) stock, explained like you're 5
Exxon Mobil digs up oil and natural gas and turns them into fuel and chemicals. When oil prices go up, it usually earns more.
- Ticker
- XOM
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
How Exxon Mobil makes money
- Selling oil and natural gas it produces.
- Refining crude oil into gasoline and diesel.
- Making chemicals used in plastics and packaging.
What moves XOM stock
- The price of oil and natural gas.
- How much it produces and what it costs to drill.
- Energy policy, and demand as the world shifts toward cleaner power.
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Questions about Exxon Mobil stock
What does Exxon Mobil do?
Exxon Mobil digs up oil and natural gas and turns them into fuel and chemicals. When oil prices go up, it usually earns more.
What is the ticker symbol for Exxon Mobil?
Exxon Mobil trades under the ticker XOM on the New York Stock Exchange.
How does Exxon Mobil make money?
Selling oil and natural gas it produces. Refining crude oil into gasoline and diesel. Making chemicals used in plastics and packaging.
What moves XOM stock?
The price of oil and natural gas. How much it produces and what it costs to drill. Energy policy, and demand as the world shifts toward cleaner power.
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Educational information, not financial advice. This guide explains the business in general terms and does not include live prices.