penn national gaming taking over the score in a $2 billion gaming deal. the ceos of both companies on the tie-ups and the big, of course, tie-up in the same sector, right, that just happened today with the golden nuggets and draftkings. it's a fox business exclusive. >>> but first, we've got to get to this breaking news on oil. the rising number of cases of the delta variant once again wreaking havoc in the oil market. crude prices, which just settled a half hour ago down 2.64%, are in the aftermarket which is right now trading slightly above the floor here, but we're till at $66.74. folks, it was just a month or two ago that we were at $74 a barrel. now, the energy sector in turn is the biggest drag on stocks in this final hour of trade. you can look at chevron, exxonmobil, diamondback energy, they are near the bottom of the s&p 500. flip it over to devin energy, ox city, schlumberger, all three of those names are down on worries that the fourth wave of the virus will chill the global economic recovery. so we set that up so that you can see exactly what'

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games will begin trading friday under the ticker symbol brag. it's over the counter shares up 21.7% right now. and the excitement in the sector helping to lift barstool sport betting partner penn nationalot on the s&p leaderboard. penn is up 8.25%, shares on track for their highest close since june 16th. golden nugget online gaining also -- gaming, also getting a 5.33% bump, and draftkings moving higher by 5.5% as karat ty wood -- kathy woods bets on the sports betting giant. >>> could mcdonald's fans here in the u.s. soon be crying over spilled milk shakes? the golden arches have run out of both milk shakes and bolted drinks in the united kingdom due to supply chain issues and worker shortages across the pond, so both are now off the menu. so far no word yet on when they will return or whether this could extend to other markets like the u.s. and hit the bottom line. we don't know. right now mickey d's is clinging to about a quarter percent gain. and are are the nonfungible tokens coming to the social networks? facebook considering adding tools and features related to the growing nft market as part of its build of its coming crypto wallet, this according to an interview with the head o