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 April 8, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance (Week)
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 13.35%
AVD American Vanguard Corp. 12.03%
LPI Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. 9.80%
CVI CVR Energy, Inc. 8.30%
WNR Western Refining Inc. 7.07%
FTK Flotek Industries Inc. 5.96%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation 5.59%
GORO Gold Resource Corp 4.88%
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. 4.18%
SZYM Solazyme, Inc. 4.18%
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 3.98%
HUN Huntsman Corporation 3.53%
VAL The Valspar Corporation 3.31%
EGN Energen Corp. 3.30%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. 3.08%
WMB Williams Companies, Inc. 2.84%
CIE Cobalt International Energy, Inc. 2.84%
TLM Talisman Energy Inc. 2.58%
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. 2.15%
EP El Paso Corp. 2.15%
LINE Linn Energy, LLC 2.14%
HP Helmerich & Payne Inc. 2.10%
SXC SunCoke Energy Inc. 2.03%
CJES C&J Energy Services, Inc. 1.90%
INT World Fuel Services Corp. 1.79%
SUN Sunoco, Inc. 1.78%
EMN Eastman Chemical Co. 1.68%
DNR Denbury Resources Inc. 1.65%
HOS Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. 1.48%
TCK Teck Resources Limited 1.47%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners LP 1.46%
AGU Agrium Inc. 1.37%
NOV National Oilwell Varco, Inc. 1.35%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 1.21%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 1.20%
SDRL SeaDrill Limited 1.14%
SPN Superior Energy Services, Inc. 1.11%
ETE Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 0.86%
DVN Devon Energy Corporation 0.79%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 0.79%
CHMT Chemtura Corporation 0.77%
CAM Cameron International Corporation 0.77%
REN Resolute Energy Corporation 0.74%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 0.65%
PPG PPG Industries Inc. 0.63%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 0.54%
BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated 0.51%
MON Monsanto Co. 0.51%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. 0.51%
SOA Solutia Inc. 0.50%
RDC Rowan Companies Inc. 0.49%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 0.41%
POT Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. 0.27%
ETP Energy Transfer Partners LP 0.24%
EOG EOG Resources, Inc. 0.15%
PXP Plains Exploration & Production Company 0.14%
ROC Rockwood Holdings, Inc. 0.10%
NE Noble Corp. 0.05%
HAL Halliburton Company 0.00%
QEP QEP Resources, Inc. -0.07%
DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company -0.09%
CMC Commercial Metals Company -0.14%
CNX CONSOL Energy Inc. -0.18%
CXO Concho Resources, Inc. -0.18%
WOR Worthington Industries, Inc. -0.32%
ESV Ensco plc -0.32%
RIO Rio Tinto plc -0.37%
PX Praxair Inc. -0.38%
VALE Vale S.A. -0.48%
SE Spectra Energy Corp. -0.54%
RPM RPM International Inc. -0.57%
COP ConocoPhillips -0.58%
SIAL Sigma-Aldrich Corporation -0.71%
DO Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. -0.72%
NR Newpark Resources Inc. -0.88%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. -0.88%
STO Statoil ASA -0.90%
PDC Pioneer Drilling Co. -0.92%
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. -0.92%
AUQ AuRico Gold Inc. -0.92%
HES Hess Corporation -0.96%
SLB Schlumberger Limited -1.04%
SD SandRidge Energy, Inc. -1.15%
BBL BHP Billiton plc -1.16%
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation -1.21%
PDS Precision Drilling Corporation -1.24%
CE Celanese Corporation -1.27%
TOT Total SA -1.29%
SCHN Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. -1.35%
CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. -1.38%
EXXI Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited -1.45%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation -1.46%
MTL Mechel OAO -1.54%
HLX Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. -1.62%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc -1.63%
CEF Central Fund of Canada Limited -1.65%
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limited -1.66%
NXY Nexen Inc. -1.66%
HFC HollyFrontier Corporation -1.69%
NBL Noble Energy, Inc. -1.69%
AEM Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. -1.79%
BHP BHP Billiton Ltd. -1.89%
SCCO Southern Copper Corp. -1.91%
HWD Harry Winston Diamond Corporation -1.92%
BVN Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA -1.93%
CVX Chevron Corporation -1.97%
FTI FMC Technologies, Inc. -2.05%
BP BP plc -2.21%
NGD New Gold, Inc. -2.26%
TS Tenaris SA -2.28%
KEG Key Energy Services Inc. -2.29%
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. -2.42%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. -2.45%
SWN Southwestern Energy Co. -2.54%
SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company -2.56%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation -2.57%
BRY Berry Petroleum Co. -2.60%
NUE Nucor Corporation -2.62%
BAS Basic Energy Services, Inc. -2.80%
EXH Exterran Holdings, Inc. -2.89%
SWC Stillwater Mining Co. -2.95%
APA Apache Corp. -2.98%
LPR Lone Pine Resources Inc. -3.06%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. -3.21%
SID Companhia Siderurgica Nacional -3.24%
WPZ Williams Partners L.P. -3.26%
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. -3.26%
MHR Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. -3.28%
HSC Harsco Corporation -3.36%
SGY Stone Energy Corp. -3.40%
GGB Gerdau S.A. -3.45%
EGY Vaalco Energy Inc. -3.46%
WPX WPX Energy, Inc. -3.58%
REXX Rex Energy Corporation -3.73%
MCP Molycorp, Inc. -3.80%
MUR Murphy Oil Corporation -3.81%
MRO Marathon Oil Corporation -3.81%
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. -3.82%
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp. -3.83%
AUY Yamana Gold, Inc. -3.95%
AA Alcoa, Inc. -3.99%
WLT Walter Energy, Inc. -4.03%
SM SM Energy Company -4.08%
PGH Pengrowth Energy Corporation -4.11%
TIE Titanium Metals Corporation -4.11%
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp. -4.18%
MOS The Mosaic Company -4.18%
PBR Petroleo Brasileiro -4.20%
NG NovaGold Resources Inc. -4.22%
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. -4.26%
RGLD Royal Gold, Inc. -4.27%
ANV Allied Nevada Gold Corp. -4.43%
PKD Parker Drilling Co. -4.49%
BTU Peabody Energy Corp. -4.56%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation -4.57%
FST Forest Oil Corp. -4.61%
X United States Steel Corp. -4.66%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. -4.83%
ECA Encana Corporation -4.90%
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation -4.96%
PQ PetroQuest Energy Inc. -4.99%
RIG Transocean Ltd. -5.02%
CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. -5.16%
PBR-A Petroleo Brasileiro -5.22%
CCJ Cameco Corp. -5.24%
XEC Cimarex Energy Co. -5.25%
AKS AK Steel Holding Corporation -5.37%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. -5.40%
ABX Barrick Gold Corporation -5.56%
BBG Bill Barrett Corp. -5.57%
HMY Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. -5.63%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. -5.67%
SU Suncor Energy Inc. -5.87%
FOE Ferro Corp. -6.05%
GFI Gold Fields Ltd. -6.07%
PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. -6.32%
CLD Cloud Peak Energy Inc. -6.33%
VLO Valero Energy Corporation -6.42%
TSO Tesoro Corporation -6.66%
CDE Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation -6.70%
IOC InterOil Corporation -6.86%
ACI Arch Coal Inc. -6.88%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. -6.91%
ANR Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. -6.95%
NEM Newmont Mining Corp. -7.03%
AU AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. -7.03%
MT Arcelor Mittal -7.09%
PWE Penn West Petroleum Ltd. -7.18%
CENX Century Aluminum Co. -7.18%
TPLM Triangle Petroleum Corporation -7.23%
GOLD Randgold Resources Limited -7.29%
SSRI Silver Standard Resources Inc. -7.36%
TC Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. -7.48%
ERF Enerplus Corporation -7.84%
GG Goldcorp Inc. -8.07%
UPL Ultra Petroleum Corp. -8.08%
IAG IAMGOLD Corp. -8.33%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. -9.06%
ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp. -9.33%
HNR Harvest Natural Resources Inc. -9.54%
GDP Goodrich Petroleum Corp. -9.68%
RES RPC Inc. -10.42%
MMR McMoRan Exploration Co. -10.66%
REE Rare Element Resources Ltd. -10.96%
IVN Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. -11.17%
SHLM A. Schulman, Inc. -12.01%
PCX Patriot Coal Corporation -13.11%
YPF YPF S.A. -21.26%