Halliburton Co HAL:NYSE

Energy stocks were climbing pre-bell Friday with the Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) recently advancing by 0.9%. The United States Oil Fund (USO) was up nearly 1.0% and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was nearly 2% lower.

Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was up by $1.32 at $109.58 per barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange. The global benchmark North Sea Brent crude gained $0.97 to $112.03 per barrel. Natural gas futures were $0.167 lower at $8.616 per 1 million British Thermal Units.

Equinor (EQNR) was up more than 2% after saying it is extending service contracts totaling 20 billion Norwegian kroner ($2.13 billion) with Baker Hughes Norge (BKR), Halliburton (HAL) and Schlumberger Norge (SLB) for its oil fields in the Norwegian continental shelf.