Below is a list of some of the story stocks to watch for January 23, 2011
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) advanced 7.2 percent to $22.47. The most active U.S. oil and natural-gas driller said it will reduce its dry gas drilling rig count to 24 rigs from 47 by the second quarter in response to lower gas prices and forecast net leasehold costs will fall to $1.4 billion in 2012 from $3.4 billion last year.
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (COG US) gained 6.5 percent to $65.10, Range Resources Corp. (RRC) added 5.6 percent to $57.06, and Southwestern Energy Co. (SWN) jumped 7.4 percent to $31.61.
Minefinders Corp. (MFN) surged 26 percent to $14.28. The operator of the Dolores gold and silver mine in Mexico agreed on a C$1.5 billion ($1.49 billion) takeover by Pan American Silver Corp. (PAA) , a 36 percent premium to Minefinders’ Jan. 20 closing share price in Toronto.
Ticker Company Performance
MFN Minefinders Corp. Ltd. 24.32%
PETS PetMed Express Inc. 14.91%
PCX Patriot Coal Corporation 10.12%
SHLD Sears Holdings Corporation 9.41%
FRO Frontline Ltd. 8.23%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 8.03%
CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. 7.88%
SWN Southwestern Energy Co. 7.85%
IRE The Governor and Company of The Bank of Ireland 7.53%
ECA Encana Corporation 6.80%
JRCC James River Coal Co. 6.49%
ANR Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. 6.48%
CNX CONSOL Energy Inc. 6.36%
MTL Mechel OAO 6.24%
EQT EQT Corporation 6.00%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 5.98%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation 5.82%
UXG US Gold Corporation 5.80%
NRG NRG Energy, Inc. 5.71%
FST Forest Oil Corp. 5.62%
SD SandRidge Energy, Inc. 5.39%
UPL Ultra Petroleum Corp. 5.23%
ACI Arch Coal Inc. 5.12%
NGD New Gold, Inc. 5.03%
AXL American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. 4.95%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 4.91%
INCY Incyte Corporation 4.80%
MGM MGM Resorts International 4.43%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. 4.35%
QEP QEP Resources, Inc. 3.99%
UA Under Armour, Inc. 3.84%
UNG United States Natural Gas 3.83%
BAC Bank of America Corporation 3.82%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. 3.74%
SWC Stillwater Mining Co. 3.70%
HIG Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. 3.62%
USG USG Corporation 3.60%
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. 3.53%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. 3.52%
DB Deutsche Bank AG 3.46%
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation 3.43%
SPPI Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 3.41%
HUN Huntsman Corporation 3.40%
WPX WPX Energy, Inc. 3.39%
KWK Quicksilver Resources Inc. 3.37%
MU Micron Technology Inc. 3.35%
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp 3.34%
TXT Textron Inc. 3.23%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. 3.12%
LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp. 3.10%
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