** S&P 500 energy index .SPNY up ~1%, tracking prices of oil O/R
** Brent crude futures LCOc1 up 1.1% at $66.50/barrel, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 rise 1.4% to $63.19/barrel
** Prices rise as the American Petroleum Institute reported a drop in U.S. crude inventories and investors awaited the next steps in talks to end the Ukraine war, with sanctions on Russian crude remaining in place for now
** Energy majors Exxon XOM.N up 1.5% and Chevron CVX.N up marginally
** Exxon, APA corp APA.O , ConocoPhillips COP.N and Coterra Energy CTRA.N up between 0.8% and 1.6%; among top percentage gainers on the energy index
** Oilfield service company SLB SLB.N up marginally
** Refiners Phillips 66 PSX.N and Valero VLO.N up 0.5% each
(Reporting by Katha Kalia in Bengaluru)
((katha.kalia@thomsonreuters.com;))
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