BUZZ — US energy stocks gain as Saudi attacks boost crude prices

* S&P 500 energy index up 1.4%, tracking higher oil prices O/R * Prices hover near two-week highs as attacks on Saudi Arabia overshadow prospects of higher supply from fresh Russian diesel exports and a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire on energy targets * Brent crude futures up 1.8% at $106.6 a barrel, after touching its highest since September 29 and US West Texas Intermediate crude rise 1.9% to $93.63 a barrel * Energy majors: Chevron and ExxonMobil up 1.4% and 1.8% respectively * Diamondback Energy, APA Corp, Occidental Petroleum and ConocoPhillips gain between 1.8% and 2.5%; among the top percentage gainers on the energy index * Refiners: Phillips 66 rises 1.4% and Marathon Petroleum gains 0.9% (Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru) ((mailto:Sumit.Saha@thomsonreuters.com;)