Oil and Natural Gas industry and believe that these stocks provide protection against inflation and a decline in the value of US dollar. We also think that the high growth rates in emerging markets support energy prices. Investors should consider getting exposed to these sectors both as a growth play and an inflation play.Oil & Gas are trading in upper side now and Oil is trading over $100 in January 2012. These stocks are usually going up with news.If you are looking to day trade, you might want to check out the following stocks. I usually throw these on my watch list and monitor with resistance & support levels.These are the Best Oil & Natural Gas Stocks last week. Also more stock to watch for today Right Here.
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Below these are the Best Oil & Gas Stocks for the Ended February 17, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance (Week)
PVA Penn Virginia Corporation 27.08%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. 24.29%
XEC Cimarex Energy Co. 23.87%
ROYL Royale Energy Inc. 22.91%
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc. 20.92%
EXH Exterran Holdings, Inc. 20.02%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 16.73%
MHR Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. 16.43%
DVN Devon Energy Corporation 15.93%
KWK Quicksilver Resources Inc. 15.33%
CPE Callon Petroleum Co. 15.25%
CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. 14.80%
CJES C&J Energy Services, Inc. 13.58%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 12.43%
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. 12.39%
RES RPC Inc. 11.69%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation 11.66%
TLM Talisman Energy Inc. 10.97%
ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp. 10.16%
HOS Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. 10.07%
NXY Nexen Inc. 10.05%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. 10.01%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. 9.90%
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. 9.59%
SD SandRidge Energy, Inc. 9.25%
EGN Energen Corp. 9.23%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 9.15%
JRCC James River Coal Co. 9.09%
KEG Key Energy Services Inc. 8.69%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. 8.39%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 8.37%
EC Ecopetrol SA 8.11%
WPX WPX Energy, Inc. 7.58%
CIE Cobalt International Energy, Inc. 7.42%
BAS Basic Energy Services, Inc. 7.31%
PQ PetroQuest Energy Inc. 7.23%
CVI CVR Energy, Inc. 7.12%
QEP QEP Resources, Inc. 7.04%
HP Helmerich & Payne Inc. 6.89%
GDP Goodrich Petroleum Corp. 6.52%
BBG Bill Barrett Corp. 5.98%
ROSE Rosetta Resources, Inc. 5.98%
FMC FMC Corp. 5.97%
ECA Encana Corporation 5.90%
SWN Southwestern Energy Co. 5.81%
CRR CARBO Ceramics Inc. 5.79%
RGP Regency Energy Partners LP 5.65%
SM SM Energy Company 5.65%
HES Hess Corporation 5.39%
ZINC Horsehead Holding Corp. 5.25%
FST Forest Oil Corp. 5.23%
AREX Approach Resources, Inc. 5.19%
MCP Molycorp, Inc. 5.17%
BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated 5.12%
ETE Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 4.93%
FGP Ferrellgas Partners LP 4.82%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. 4.76%
TS Tenaris SA 4.65%
PXP Plains Exploration & Production Company 4.63%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 4.62%
BRY Berry Petroleum Co. 4.59%
GGC Georgia Gulf Corp. 4.58%
SLT Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. 4.47%
GTE Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. 4.42%
PDS Precision Drilling Corporation 4.25%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners LP 4.18%
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 4.12%
APA Apache Corp. 4.11%
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. 4.10%
OII Oceaneering International, Inc. 4.08%
HERO Hercules Offshore, Inc. 3.91%
CE Celanese Corporation 3.88%
VAL The Valspar Corporation 3.87%
BP BP plc 3.82%
CCJ Cameco Corp. 3.76%
LUFK Lufkin Industries Inc. 3.75%
MUR Murphy Oil Corporation 3.69%
CXO Concho Resources, Inc. 3.63%
LINE Linn Energy, LLC 3.62%
ETP Energy Transfer Partners LP 3.56%
SIAL Sigma-Aldrich Corporation 3.51%
CNX CONSOL Energy Inc. 3.41%
HLX Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. 3.27%
DO Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. 3.22%
ERF Enerplus Corporation 3.20%
POT Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. 3.15%
HUN Huntsman Corporation 3.06%
DOW The Dow Chemical Company 2.94%
POL PolyOne Corporation 2.92%
FOE Ferro Corp. 2.91%
NBL Noble Energy, Inc. 2.83%
TOT Total SA 2.67%
GG Goldcorp Inc. 2.66%
PX Praxair Inc. 2.65%
MON Monsanto Co. 2.59%
CDE Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation 2.50%
PKD Parker Drilling Co. 2.41%
MRO Marathon Oil Corporation 2.40%
SUN Sunoco, Inc. 2.38%
EOG EOG Resources, Inc. 2.25%
MOS The Mosaic Company 2.22%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation 2.17%
PDC Pioneer Drilling Co. 2.15%
DNR Denbury Resources Inc. 2.14%
AEM Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. 2.10%
CVX Chevron Corporation 2.09%
KMP Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 2.07%
PPG PPG Industries Inc. 2.06%
PWE Penn West Petroleum Ltd. 1.99%
MMR McMoRan Exploration Co. 1.99%
PBR-A Petroleo Brasileiro 1.93%
REE Rare Element Resources Ltd. 1.90%
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 1.84%
IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc. 1.79%
STR Questar Corporation 1.75%
PGH Pengrowth Energy Corporation 1.71%
SPN Superior Energy Services, Inc. 1.65%
EMN Eastman Chemical Co. 1.58%
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation 1.58%
ROC Rockwood Holdings, Inc. 1.57%
COP ConocoPhillips 1.54%
EXXI Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited 1.49%
DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 1.46%
SU Suncor Energy Inc. 1.45%
UPL Ultra Petroleum Corp. 1.40%
NOV National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 1.38%
E Eni SpA 1.37%
ASH Ashland Inc. 1.36%
VLO Valero Energy Corporation 1.34%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. 1.24%
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation 1.19%
AUY Yamana Gold, Inc. 1.17%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1.16%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 1.16%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 1.14%
OIS Oil States International Inc. 1.08%
BTU Peabody Energy Corp. 1.03%
REXX Rex Energy Corporation 0.88%
IVN Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. 0.85%
SWC Stillwater Mining Co. 0.75%
SLB Schlumberger Limited 0.74%
HAL Halliburton Company 0.64%
SOA Solutia Inc. 0.61%
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp. 0.59%
RDC Rowan Companies Inc. 0.57%
SE Spectra Energy Corp. 0.55%
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 0.50%
CLD Cloud Peak Energy Inc. 0.44%
PVX Provident Energy Ltd. 0.41%
SGY Stone Energy Corp. 0.27%
NR Newpark Resources Inc. 0.25%
TSO Tesoro Corporation 0.22%
AGU Agrium Inc. 0.18%
WMB Williams Companies, Inc. 0.17%
CEF Central Fund of Canada Limited 0.09%
STO Statoil ASA 0.07%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. 0.00%
GGB Gerdau S.A. 0.00%
IAG IAMGOLD Corp. -0.06%
BVN Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA -0.07%
EP El Paso Corp. -0.07%
PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. -0.17%
MTL Mechel OAO -0.19%
SDRL SeaDrill Limited -0.25%
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limited -0.27%
TIE Titanium Metals Corporation -0.27%
NEM Newmont Mining Corp. -0.29%
AUQ AuRico Gold Inc. -0.33%
AKS AK Steel Holding Corporation -0.37%
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. -0.37%
BBL BHP Billiton plc -0.40%
WNR Western Refining Inc. -0.44%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. -0.56%
MUX McEwen Mining Inc. Common Stock -0.59%
NG NovaGold Resources Inc. -0.59%
NGD New Gold, Inc. -0.69%
CAM Cameron International Corporation -0.73%
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. -0.73%
RPM RPM International Inc. -0.78%
PBR Petroleo Brasileiro -0.85%
RGLD Royal Gold, Inc. -0.85%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation -0.89%
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. -0.97%
SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company -1.03%
ESV Ensco plc -1.13%
HFC HollyFrontier Corporation -1.16%
NUE Nucor Corporation -1.26%
BHP BHP Billiton Ltd. -1.28%
MWE MarkWest Energy Partners LP -1.30%
CENX Century Aluminum Co. -1.32%
TC Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. -1.35%
SID Companhia Siderurgica Nacional -1.35%
AA Alcoa, Inc. -1.36%
HL Hecla Mining Co. -1.38%
ACI Arch Coal Inc. -1.39%
PACD Pacific Drilling S.A. -1.45%
NE Noble Corp. -1.51%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV -1.72%
HMY Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. -1.78%
OLN Olin Corp. -2.24%
PCX Patriot Coal Corporation -2.51%
ENB Enbridge Inc. -2.51%
MT Arcelor Mittal -2.64%
KRO Kronos Worldwide Inc. -2.69%
PVR Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP -2.93%
VALE Vale S.A. -3.07%
RIO Rio Tinto plc -3.20%
SSRI Silver Standard Resources Inc. -3.32%
X United States Steel Corp. -3.37%
GFI Gold Fields Ltd. -3.46%
FTK Flotek Industries Inc. -3.58%
YPF YPF S.A. -3.76%
SCCO Southern Copper Corp. -3.97%
ABX Barrick Gold Corporation -4.02%
TX Ternium S.A. -4.04%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. -4.23%
TCK Teck Resources Limited -4.35%
ANR Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. -4.42%
CMC Commercial Metals Company -4.81%
FTI FMC Technologies, Inc. -4.87%
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp. -4.95%
BPL Buckeye Partners LP -6.37%
WLT Walter Energy, Inc. -6.92%
WHX Whiting USA Trust I -6.95%
AU AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. -7.64%
IOC InterOil Corporation -8.82%
CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. -8.94%
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Below these are the Best Oil & Gas Stocks for the Ended February 17, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance (Week)
PVA Penn Virginia Corporation 27.08%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. 24.29%
XEC Cimarex Energy Co. 23.87%
ROYL Royale Energy Inc. 22.91%
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc. 20.92%
EXH Exterran Holdings, Inc. 20.02%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 16.73%
MHR Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. 16.43%
DVN Devon Energy Corporation 15.93%
KWK Quicksilver Resources Inc. 15.33%
CPE Callon Petroleum Co. 15.25%
CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. 14.80%
CJES C&J Energy Services, Inc. 13.58%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 12.43%
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. 12.39%
RES RPC Inc. 11.69%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation 11.66%
TLM Talisman Energy Inc. 10.97%
ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp. 10.16%
HOS Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. 10.07%
NXY Nexen Inc. 10.05%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. 10.01%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. 9.90%
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. 9.59%
SD SandRidge Energy, Inc. 9.25%
EGN Energen Corp. 9.23%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 9.15%
JRCC James River Coal Co. 9.09%
KEG Key Energy Services Inc. 8.69%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. 8.39%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 8.37%
EC Ecopetrol SA 8.11%
WPX WPX Energy, Inc. 7.58%
CIE Cobalt International Energy, Inc. 7.42%
BAS Basic Energy Services, Inc. 7.31%
PQ PetroQuest Energy Inc. 7.23%
CVI CVR Energy, Inc. 7.12%
QEP QEP Resources, Inc. 7.04%
HP Helmerich & Payne Inc. 6.89%
GDP Goodrich Petroleum Corp. 6.52%
BBG Bill Barrett Corp. 5.98%
ROSE Rosetta Resources, Inc. 5.98%
FMC FMC Corp. 5.97%
ECA Encana Corporation 5.90%
SWN Southwestern Energy Co. 5.81%
CRR CARBO Ceramics Inc. 5.79%
RGP Regency Energy Partners LP 5.65%
SM SM Energy Company 5.65%
HES Hess Corporation 5.39%
ZINC Horsehead Holding Corp. 5.25%
FST Forest Oil Corp. 5.23%
AREX Approach Resources, Inc. 5.19%
MCP Molycorp, Inc. 5.17%
BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated 5.12%
ETE Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 4.93%
FGP Ferrellgas Partners LP 4.82%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. 4.76%
TS Tenaris SA 4.65%
PXP Plains Exploration & Production Company 4.63%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 4.62%
BRY Berry Petroleum Co. 4.59%
GGC Georgia Gulf Corp. 4.58%
SLT Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. 4.47%
GTE Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. 4.42%
PDS Precision Drilling Corporation 4.25%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners LP 4.18%
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 4.12%
APA Apache Corp. 4.11%
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. 4.10%
OII Oceaneering International, Inc. 4.08%
HERO Hercules Offshore, Inc. 3.91%
CE Celanese Corporation 3.88%
VAL The Valspar Corporation 3.87%
BP BP plc 3.82%
CCJ Cameco Corp. 3.76%
LUFK Lufkin Industries Inc. 3.75%
MUR Murphy Oil Corporation 3.69%
CXO Concho Resources, Inc. 3.63%
LINE Linn Energy, LLC 3.62%
ETP Energy Transfer Partners LP 3.56%
SIAL Sigma-Aldrich Corporation 3.51%
CNX CONSOL Energy Inc. 3.41%
HLX Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. 3.27%
DO Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. 3.22%
ERF Enerplus Corporation 3.20%
POT Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. 3.15%
HUN Huntsman Corporation 3.06%
DOW The Dow Chemical Company 2.94%
POL PolyOne Corporation 2.92%
FOE Ferro Corp. 2.91%
NBL Noble Energy, Inc. 2.83%
TOT Total SA 2.67%
GG Goldcorp Inc. 2.66%
PX Praxair Inc. 2.65%
MON Monsanto Co. 2.59%
CDE Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation 2.50%
PKD Parker Drilling Co. 2.41%
MRO Marathon Oil Corporation 2.40%
SUN Sunoco, Inc. 2.38%
EOG EOG Resources, Inc. 2.25%
MOS The Mosaic Company 2.22%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation 2.17%
PDC Pioneer Drilling Co. 2.15%
DNR Denbury Resources Inc. 2.14%
AEM Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. 2.10%
CVX Chevron Corporation 2.09%
KMP Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP 2.07%
PPG PPG Industries Inc. 2.06%
PWE Penn West Petroleum Ltd. 1.99%
MMR McMoRan Exploration Co. 1.99%
PBR-A Petroleo Brasileiro 1.93%
REE Rare Element Resources Ltd. 1.90%
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 1.84%
IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc. 1.79%
STR Questar Corporation 1.75%
PGH Pengrowth Energy Corporation 1.71%
SPN Superior Energy Services, Inc. 1.65%
EMN Eastman Chemical Co. 1.58%
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation 1.58%
ROC Rockwood Holdings, Inc. 1.57%
COP ConocoPhillips 1.54%
EXXI Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited 1.49%
DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 1.46%
SU Suncor Energy Inc. 1.45%
UPL Ultra Petroleum Corp. 1.40%
NOV National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 1.38%
E Eni SpA 1.37%
ASH Ashland Inc. 1.36%
VLO Valero Energy Corporation 1.34%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. 1.24%
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation 1.19%
AUY Yamana Gold, Inc. 1.17%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1.16%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 1.16%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 1.14%
OIS Oil States International Inc. 1.08%
BTU Peabody Energy Corp. 1.03%
REXX Rex Energy Corporation 0.88%
IVN Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. 0.85%
SWC Stillwater Mining Co. 0.75%
SLB Schlumberger Limited 0.74%
HAL Halliburton Company 0.64%
SOA Solutia Inc. 0.61%
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp. 0.59%
RDC Rowan Companies Inc. 0.57%
SE Spectra Energy Corp. 0.55%
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 0.50%
CLD Cloud Peak Energy Inc. 0.44%
PVX Provident Energy Ltd. 0.41%
SGY Stone Energy Corp. 0.27%
NR Newpark Resources Inc. 0.25%
TSO Tesoro Corporation 0.22%
AGU Agrium Inc. 0.18%
WMB Williams Companies, Inc. 0.17%
CEF Central Fund of Canada Limited 0.09%
STO Statoil ASA 0.07%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. 0.00%
GGB Gerdau S.A. 0.00%
IAG IAMGOLD Corp. -0.06%
BVN Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA -0.07%
EP El Paso Corp. -0.07%
PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. -0.17%
MTL Mechel OAO -0.19%
SDRL SeaDrill Limited -0.25%
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limited -0.27%
TIE Titanium Metals Corporation -0.27%
NEM Newmont Mining Corp. -0.29%
AUQ AuRico Gold Inc. -0.33%
AKS AK Steel Holding Corporation -0.37%
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. -0.37%
BBL BHP Billiton plc -0.40%
WNR Western Refining Inc. -0.44%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. -0.56%
MUX McEwen Mining Inc. Common Stock -0.59%
NG NovaGold Resources Inc. -0.59%
NGD New Gold, Inc. -0.69%
CAM Cameron International Corporation -0.73%
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. -0.73%
RPM RPM International Inc. -0.78%
PBR Petroleo Brasileiro -0.85%
RGLD Royal Gold, Inc. -0.85%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation -0.89%
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. -0.97%
SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company -1.03%
ESV Ensco plc -1.13%
HFC HollyFrontier Corporation -1.16%
NUE Nucor Corporation -1.26%
BHP BHP Billiton Ltd. -1.28%
MWE MarkWest Energy Partners LP -1.30%
CENX Century Aluminum Co. -1.32%
TC Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. -1.35%
SID Companhia Siderurgica Nacional -1.35%
AA Alcoa, Inc. -1.36%
HL Hecla Mining Co. -1.38%
ACI Arch Coal Inc. -1.39%
PACD Pacific Drilling S.A. -1.45%
NE Noble Corp. -1.51%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV -1.72%
HMY Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. -1.78%
OLN Olin Corp. -2.24%
PCX Patriot Coal Corporation -2.51%
ENB Enbridge Inc. -2.51%
MT Arcelor Mittal -2.64%
KRO Kronos Worldwide Inc. -2.69%
PVR Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP -2.93%
VALE Vale S.A. -3.07%
RIO Rio Tinto plc -3.20%
SSRI Silver Standard Resources Inc. -3.32%
X United States Steel Corp. -3.37%
GFI Gold Fields Ltd. -3.46%
FTK Flotek Industries Inc. -3.58%
YPF YPF S.A. -3.76%
SCCO Southern Copper Corp. -3.97%
ABX Barrick Gold Corporation -4.02%
TX Ternium S.A. -4.04%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. -4.23%
TCK Teck Resources Limited -4.35%
ANR Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. -4.42%
CMC Commercial Metals Company -4.81%
FTI FMC Technologies, Inc. -4.87%
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp. -4.95%
BPL Buckeye Partners LP -6.37%
WLT Walter Energy, Inc. -6.92%
WHX Whiting USA Trust I -6.95%
AU AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. -7.64%
IOC InterOil Corporation -8.82%
CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. -8.94%
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