Why Investors Shunned Energy Stocks Today

With a generally humming global economy and robust demand for fossil fuels, the energy industry has generally been buoyant over these past few years. This, despite the threat of inflation and the dampening effect of conflicts in several hot spots around the globe.This wasn't in much effect on Wednesday, though, as the usual No. 1 factor in energy-stock sentiment -- oil prices -- eased notably. With that, investors shed their positions in oil industry majors Conoco Phillips (COP -3.25%) and ExxonMobil (XOM - ...