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 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.
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Below these are the Best Oil & Gas Stocks for the Ended February 24, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance (Week)
ROYL Royale Energy Inc. 22.72%
EXH Exterran Holdings, Inc. 18.21%
WTI W&T Offshore Inc. 14.36%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. 13.83%
REXX Rex Energy Corporation 12.77%
FTK Flotek Industries Inc. 11.48%
HOS Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. 10.65%
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp. 10.65%
KEG Key Energy Services Inc. 10.61%
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. 10.23%
SD SandRidge Energy, Inc. 9.99%
MUX McEwen Mining Inc. Common Stock 9.50%
SWC Stillwater Mining Co. 9.00%
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. 8.92%
MHR Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. 8.50%
CJES C&J Energy Services, Inc. 8.48%
BAS Basic Energy Services, Inc. 8.29%
ANV Allied Nevada Gold Corp. 8.07%
HAL Halliburton Company 8.05%
SU Suncor Energy Inc. 7.66%
RES RPC Inc. 7.58%
DNR Denbury Resources Inc. 7.34%
ESV Ensco plc 7.26%
CCJ Cameco Corp. 7.23%
TX Ternium S.A. 7.21%
AUQ AuRico Gold Inc. 7.15%
BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated 7.13%
NXY Nexen Inc. 7.09%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation 7.07%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. 7.04%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 6.97%
QEP QEP Resources, Inc. 6.92%
XEC Cimarex Energy Co. 6.73%
HL Hecla Mining Co. 6.68%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 6.66%
PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. 6.62%
PDC Pioneer Drilling Co. 6.57%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. 6.51%
AUY Yamana Gold, Inc. 6.49%
PDS Precision Drilling Corporation 6.38%
TESO Tesco Corporation 5.91%
MTL Mechel OAO 5.84%
MOS The Mosaic Company 5.73%
SPN Superior Energy Services, Inc. 5.69%
TLM Talisman Energy Inc. 5.49%
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp. 5.05%
DO Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. 5.00%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. 4.96%
RDC Rowan Companies Inc. 4.95%
MMR McMoRan Exploration Co. 4.84%
KWK Quicksilver Resources Inc. 4.83%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 4.68%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. 4.57%
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 4.54%
SM SM Energy Company 4.41%
COP ConocoPhillips 4.36%
MRO Marathon Oil Corporation 4.23%
IVN Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. 4.16%
SDRL SeaDrill Limited 4.13%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 4.06%
HP Helmerich & Payne Inc. 3.98%
PXP Plains Exploration & Production Company 3.82%
APA Apache Corp. 3.68%
TOT Total SA 3.67%
NEM Newmont Mining Corp. 3.44%
HMY Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. 3.42%
MUR Murphy Oil Corporation 3.40%
HLX Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. 3.32%
HES Hess Corporation 3.27%
SE Spectra Energy Corp. 3.22%
OII Oceaneering International, Inc. 3.15%
CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. 3.08%
HERO Hercules Offshore, Inc. 3.07%
PBR-A Petroleo Brasileiro 2.93%
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. 2.81%
NGD New Gold, Inc. 2.78%
TCK Teck Resources Limited 2.71%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. 2.67%
SLB Schlumberger Limited 2.66%
SGY Stone Energy Corp. 2.66%
YPF YPF S.A. 2.61%
GG Goldcorp Inc. 2.53%
PBR Petroleo Brasileiro 2.52%
GGB Gerdau S.A. 2.45%
CVX Chevron Corporation 2.40%
STO Statoil ASA 2.36%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation 2.26%
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limited 2.18%
ETE Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 2.06%
CVI CVR Energy, Inc. 1.92%
FTI FMC Technologies, Inc. 1.79%
NOV National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 1.76%
AGU Agrium Inc. 1.75%
LINE Linn Energy, LLC 1.68%
WPX WPX Energy, Inc. 1.62%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 1.53%
WMB Williams Companies, Inc. 1.52%
AA Alcoa, Inc. 1.46%
ABX Barrick Gold Corporation 1.43%
VALE Vale S.A. 1.42%
POT Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. 1.42%
SCCO Southern Copper Corp. 1.41%
NE Noble Corp. 1.30%
CAM Cameron International Corporation 1.25%
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 1.18%
BHP BHP Billiton Ltd. 1.16%
CDE Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation 1.10%
PKD Parker Drilling Co. 1.08%
CRR CARBO Ceramics Inc. 0.98%
AU AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. 0.91%
DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 0.91%
MT Arcelor Mittal 0.90%
NBL Noble Energy, Inc. 0.88%
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. 0.88%
STR Questar Corporation 0.86%
AEM Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. 0.85%
PX Praxair Inc. 0.84%
PACD Pacific Drilling S.A. 0.83%
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation 0.81%
SID Companhia Siderurgica Nacional 0.78%
BP BP plc 0.73%
MON Monsanto Co. 0.65%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 0.59%
ACI Arch Coal Inc. 0.56%
UPL Ultra Petroleum Corp. 0.51%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 0.36%
RIO Rio Tinto plc 0.31%
TIE Titanium Metals Corporation 0.27%
DVN Devon Energy Corporation 0.23%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. 0.16%
NR Newpark Resources Inc. 0.12%
BTU Peabody Energy Corp. 0.11%
EOG EOG Resources, Inc. -0.06%
TS Tenaris SA -0.17%
BBG Bill Barrett Corp. -0.32%
ERF Enerplus Corporation -0.33%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners LP -0.35%
EP El Paso Corp. -0.40%
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation -0.45%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation -0.51%
SOA Solutia Inc. -0.57%
NG NovaGold Resources Inc. -0.57%
NUE Nucor Corporation -0.63%
ETP Energy Transfer Partners LP -0.68%
PGH Pengrowth Energy Corporation -0.70%
TC Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. -0.90%
SWN Southwestern Energy Co. -1.10%
CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. -1.18%
EMN Eastman Chemical Co. -1.27%
TSO Tesoro Corporation -1.32%
SUN Sunoco, Inc. -1.45%
HFC HollyFrontier Corporation -1.63%
CENX Century Aluminum Co. -1.69%
PCX Patriot Coal Corporation -1.70%
HUN Huntsman Corporation -1.79%
DOW The Dow Chemical Company -1.80%
AKS AK Steel Holding Corporation -1.82%
CXO Concho Resources, Inc. -1.92%
PWE Penn West Petroleum Ltd. -2.05%
ANR Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. -2.11%
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. -2.16%
WNR Western Refining Inc. -2.19%
IAG IAMGOLD Corp. -2.33%
X United States Steel Corp. -2.36%
ECA Encana Corporation -2.67%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation -2.79%
CNX CONSOL Energy Inc. -2.91%
GFI Gold Fields Ltd. -2.93%
WLT Walter Energy, Inc. -3.23%
JAG Jaguar Mining Inc. -3.39%
EROC Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. -3.61%
VLO Valero Energy Corporation -3.79%
JRCC James River Coal Co. -3.82%
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. -4.27%
MCP Molycorp, Inc. -4.73%
REE Rare Element Resources Ltd. -4.92%
HSC Harsco Corporation -5.25%
SFY Swift Energy Co. -5.33%
CE Celanese Corporation -6.31%
ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp. -6.44%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. -6.99%
INT World Fuel Services Corp. -7.27%
FST Forest Oil Corp. -7.43%
SLT Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. -7.74%
CIE Cobalt International Energy, Inc. -11.13%
UAN CVR Partners, LP -11.20%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. -11.55%
GDP Goodrich Petroleum Corp. -11.66%