MUR - Latest News
Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR), operates in Energy / Oil & Gas Exploration & Production, trades on NYSE.
Market capitalization stands near $4.96B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 58.87. Beta to the broader market is 0.49.
The article list below shows the most recent MUR headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent MUR Headlines
Murphy Oil: Côte d'Ivoire Discovery Offers Unique Growth Opportunities
seekingalpha.com - Jun 25, 2026
Murphy Oil announced a significant Côte d'Ivoire offshore discovery. MUR will drill an appraisal well before year-end.
Murphy Expands Resource Base With Offshore Cote d'Ivoire Oil Discovery
zacks.com - Jun 24, 2026
MUR's Bubale-1X discovery off Cote d'Ivoire adds high-quality light oil, supporting its reserve growth and long-term production profile.
Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) Presents at J.P. Morgan Natural Resources Conference 2026 Transcript
seekingalpha.com - Jun 23, 2026
Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) Presents at J. P.
Murphy Oil Corporation Announces Oil Discovery at Bubale-1X Offshore Côte d'Ivoire
businesswire.com - Jun 22, 2026
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) today announced an oil discovery at the Bubale-1X exploration well in Block CI-709, locat
Murphy Oil Corporation to Participate in Upcoming Conference
businesswire.com - Jun 18, 2026
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) today announced that Eric M. Hambly, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present
How News Affects MUR Options Pricing
Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track MUR's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.
Frequently asked MUR news questions
- What is the latest MUR news headline?
- The most recent MUR headline (Jun 25, 2026) is "Murphy Oil: Côte d'Ivoire Discovery Offers Unique Growth Opportunities". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the MUR news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What MUR news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual MUR options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.