Energy stocks shined in overnight trading. Vistra jumped over 7%; Halliburton rose over 5%; Oklo, Centrus, Exxon and NuScale rose over 2%.
Trump also pledged to address inflation by declaring a national energy emergency to bring down costs for Americans. Those plans aim to unleash domestic production, with policy changes that would enable new oil and gas development on federal lands and roll back Biden-era climate regulations.
“With my actions today, we will end the green New Deal, and we will revoke the electric vehicle mandate,” Trump said.