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 March 16, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance (Week)
SZYM Solazyme, Inc. 20.26%
SLCA U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Comm 16.88%
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc. 15.31%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 13.02%
CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. 12.56%
AKS AK Steel Holding Corporation 12.02%
REN Resolute Energy Corporation 11.95%
X United States Steel Corp. 10.80%
CHMT Chemtura Corporation 10.32%
CRR CARBO Ceramics Inc. 10.24%
PCX Patriot Coal Corporation 9.80%
SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company 9.72%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 9.19%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. 8.66%
HUSA Houston American Energy Corp. 8.57%
CIE Cobalt International Energy, Inc. 8.36%
FOE Ferro Corp. 8.08%
HSC Harsco Corporation 7.63%
AA Alcoa, Inc. 7.44%
JRCC James River Coal Co. 7.19%
GGB Gerdau S.A. 7.13%
SID Companhia Siderurgica Nacional 6.98%
PACD Pacific Drilling S.A. 6.95%
FST Forest Oil Corp. 6.78%
PKD Parker Drilling Co. 6.68%
BTU Peabody Energy Corp. 6.57%
GEL Genesis Energy LP 6.29%
UPL Ultra Petroleum Corp. 6.23%
PQ PetroQuest Energy Inc. 6.14%
TX Ternium S.A. 6.06%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. 5.98%
GGC Georgia Gulf Corp. 5.92%
ROSE Rosetta Resources, Inc. 5.91%
GSM Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. 5.88%
GDP Goodrich Petroleum Corp. 5.83%
KWK Quicksilver Resources Inc. 5.70%
ANR Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. 5.66%
MTL Mechel OAO 5.63%
MT Arcelor Mittal 5.33%
NE Noble Corp. 5.26%
IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc. 5.23%
SFY Swift Energy Co. 5.03%
HERO Hercules Offshore, Inc. 4.82%
CMC Commercial Metals Company 4.76%
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. 4.74%
CENX Century Aluminum Co. 4.71%
NUE Nucor Corporation 4.69%
PVA Penn Virginia Corporation 4.59%
WPX WPX Energy, Inc. 4.34%
POT Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. 4.29%
RDC Rowan Companies Inc. 4.08%
ECA Encana Corporation 3.97%
RIO Rio Tinto plc 3.93%
MRO Marathon Oil Corporation 3.81%
DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 3.65%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. 3.58%
MOS The Mosaic Company 3.57%
POL PolyOne Corporation 3.56%
SD SandRidge Energy, Inc. 3.55%
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. 3.53%
AGU Agrium Inc. 3.40%
NBL Noble Energy, Inc. 3.27%
MHR Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. 3.20%
DO Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. 3.19%
GRA W.R. Grace & Co. 3.11%
NR Newpark Resources Inc. 3.08%
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 3.07%
SWN Southwestern Energy Co. 3.04%
VALE Vale S.A. 2.99%
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. 2.98%
DVN Devon Energy Corporation 2.96%
NOV National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 2.83%
ESV Ensco plc 2.82%
ATW Atwood Oceanics, Inc. 2.75%
CE Celanese Corporation 2.69%
ACI Arch Coal Inc. 2.65%
TS Tenaris SA 2.64%
CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. 2.56%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation 2.54%
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 2.54%
SIAL Sigma-Aldrich Corporation 2.51%
WOR Worthington Industries, Inc. 2.33%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 2.20%
DNR Denbury Resources Inc. 2.19%
ETE Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 2.19%
EC Ecopetrol SA 2.16%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation 2.08%
CNX CONSOL Energy Inc. 2.04%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. 2.03%
WMB Williams Companies, Inc. 2.01%
CLD Cloud Peak Energy Inc. 1.86%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 1.80%
BBL BHP Billiton plc 1.76%
PXP Plains Exploration & Production Company 1.69%
RES RPC Inc. 1.62%
SE Spectra Energy Corp. 1.62%
PGH Pengrowth Energy Corporation 1.61%
SM SM Energy Company 1.59%
EXH Exterran Holdings, Inc. 1.58%
HLX Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. 1.57%
EOG EOG Resources, Inc. 1.57%
SCCO Southern Copper Corp. 1.50%
APA Apache Corp. 1.42%
REXX Rex Energy Corporation 1.40%
TLM Talisman Energy Inc. 1.35%
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 1.35%
OII Oceaneering International, Inc. 1.33%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 1.29%
SLB Schlumberger Limited 1.21%
WNR Western Refining Inc. 1.11%
TIE Titanium Metals Corporation 1.08%
ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp. 1.06%
HUN Huntsman Corporation 1.01%
FTI FMC Technologies, Inc. 0.96%
PX Praxair Inc. 0.95%
PBR-A Petroleo Brasileiro 0.90%
PPG PPG Industries Inc. 0.88%
BHP BHP Billiton Ltd. 0.74%
TCK Teck Resources Limited 0.73%
INT World Fuel Services Corp. 0.71%
SUN Sunoco, Inc. 0.67%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation 0.66%
CVX Chevron Corporation 0.65%
TSO Tesoro Corporation 0.58%
CHKM Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. 0.54%
ZINC Horsehead Holding Corp. 0.43%
HFC HollyFrontier Corporation 0.42%
PVX Provident Energy Ltd. 0.42%
EMN Eastman Chemical Co. 0.41%
WLT Walter Energy, Inc. 0.39%
BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated 0.33%
BP BP plc 0.30%
SOA Solutia Inc. 0.22%
STO Statoil ASA 0.21%
ERF Enerplus Corporation 0.21%
VAL The Valspar Corporation 0.21%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. 0.11%
COP ConocoPhillips 0.03%
SDRL SeaDrill Limited 0.03%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc -0.04%
TOT Total SA -0.05%
HOS Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. -0.07%
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation -0.12%
FTK Flotek Industries Inc. -0.16%
BBG Bill Barrett Corp. -0.17%
EXXI Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited -0.24%
QEP QEP Resources, Inc. -0.25%
SWC Stillwater Mining Co. -0.30%
WPZ Williams Partners L.P. -0.35%
SGY Stone Energy Corp. -0.41%
PBR Petroleo Brasileiro -0.43%
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. -0.48%
REE Rare Element Resources Ltd. -0.49%
STR Questar Corporation -0.51%
BAS Basic Energy Services, Inc. -0.54%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation -0.56%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. -0.57%
MON Monsanto Co. -0.61%
HES Hess Corporation -0.62%
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limited -0.70%
PAA Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. -0.81%
ETP Energy Transfer Partners LP -0.85%
CXO Concho Resources, Inc. -0.88%
BWP Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP -0.90%
LINE Linn Energy, LLC -0.90%
SLT Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. -0.95%
HAL Halliburton Company -0.97%
OIS Oil States International Inc. -1.01%
EP El Paso Corp. -1.02%
IOC InterOil Corporation -1.08%
PWE Penn West Petroleum Ltd. -1.48%
EEP Enbridge Energy Partners LP -1.60%
CCJ Cameco Corp. -1.61%
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. -1.79%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners LP -1.81%
CVI CVR Energy, Inc. -1.81%
TC Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. -1.82%
RRC Range Resources Corporation -1.83%
EPB El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. -1.91%
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. -1.98%
VLO Valero Energy Corporation -2.00%
SCHN Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. -2.05%
IVN Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. -2.08%
MWE MarkWest Energy Partners LP -2.21%
TTI TETRA Technologies Inc. -2.39%
CAM Cameron International Corporation -2.43%
HP Helmerich & Payne Inc. -2.51%
BVN Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA -2.62%
MMR McMoRan Exploration Co. -2.83%
MUR Murphy Oil Corporation -2.85%
HNR Harvest Natural Resources Inc. -2.86%
SXC SunCoke Energy Inc. -2.87%
BRY Berry Petroleum Co. -3.00%
GFI Gold Fields Ltd. -3.43%
SU Suncor Energy Inc. -3.45%
AU AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. -3.53%
NXY Nexen Inc. -3.64%
KEG Key Energy Services Inc. -3.83%
SPN Superior Energy Services, Inc. -3.93%
ABX Barrick Gold Corporation -4.06%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation -4.27%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. -4.41%
NEM Newmont Mining Corp. -4.90%
JAG Jaguar Mining Inc. -4.95%
CEF Central Fund of Canada Limited -5.03%
RGLD Royal Gold, Inc. -5.08%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. -5.18%
NWPX Northwest Pipe Co. -5.23%
SSRI Silver Standard Resources Inc. -5.42%
KMP Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP -5.64%
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp. -5.73%
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp. -6.05%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. -6.51%
PDC Pioneer Drilling Co. -6.65%
GG Goldcorp Inc. -6.67%
MCP Molycorp, Inc. -6.70%
AEM Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. -7.07%
PDS Precision Drilling Corporation -7.40%
NOR Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. -7.59%
AUY Yamana Gold, Inc. -7.67%
AXU Alexco Resource Corporation -7.72%
IAG IAMGOLD Corp. -7.90%
CDE Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation -8.01%
MFN Minefinders Corp. Ltd. -8.17%
ANV Allied Nevada Gold Corp. -8.34%
SA Seabridge Gold, Inc. -8.45%
CJES C&J Energy Services, Inc. -8.46%
HMY Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. -8.49%
AUQ AuRico Gold Inc. -8.72%
GOLD Randgold Resources Limited -9.71%
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation -9.86%
PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. -9.94%
NGD New Gold, Inc. -10.49%
AG First Majestic Silver Corp. -11.59%
NG NovaGold Resources Inc. -12.47%