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Chevron shares jump 2% as quarterly profit doubles, oil and gas output hits record

November 2, 2018

Chevron reported quarterly earnings that beat analysts’ expectations on Friday, as record-setting oil and gas production boosted the company’s bottom line.

Shares of the oil major were more than 2 percent in premarket trading.

Chevron posted a profit of $4.05 billion for the quarter, more than double its earnings from a year ago. That came out to a profit of $2.11 per share, slightly beating Wall Street’s expectations for $2.06 per share, according to Refinitiv.

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