** U.S.- listed shares of energy companies fall premarket, tracking declining oil prices O/R
** Brent LCOc1 crude futures down 1.5% at $70.53/barrel and U.S West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 down 1.2% at $67.55
** Oil prices extended losses following reports that OPEC+ will proceed with a planned output increase in April and as U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China came into effect, as well as Beijing's retaliatory tariffs
** Another factor was President Donald Trump's decision to pause all U.S. military aid to Ukraine following his Oval Office clash with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week
** Oil majors Chevron CVX.N and Exxon XOM.N down 0.7% and 0~1% respectively
** APA Corp
** Oilfield services $(OFS)$ firms Baker Hughes BKR.O down 0.7%, SLB SLB.N down 1.1%, Halliburton HAL.N down 1.3%
** Refiners Valero Energy VLO.N falls 1.2% and Marathon Petroleum MPC.N down 0.3%
(Reporting by Katha Kalia in Bengaluru)
((Katha.Kalia@thomsonreuters.com))
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