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 20, 2012.
Ticker Company Performance (Week)
CCJ Cameco Corp. 8.10%
CHMT Chemtura Corporation 7.43%
CVI CVR Energy, Inc. 6.97%
PPG PPG Industries Inc. 5.82%
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 5.40%
NE Noble Corp. 5.37%
BBL BHP Billiton plc 5.29%
DO Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. 5.07%
BTU Peabody Energy Corp. 5.00%
SLB Schlumberger Limited 4.86%
NXY Nexen Inc. 4.41%
BHP BHP Billiton Ltd. 4.20%
ALB Albemarle Corp. 4.12%
RIO Rio Tinto plc 4.08%
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc. 4.03%
CLR Continental Resources Inc. 3.76%
FST Forest Oil Corp. 3.61%
XCO EXCO Resources Inc. 3.59%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners LP 3.33%
RRC Range Resources Corporation 3.28%
STO Statoil ASA 3.22%
RIG Transocean Ltd. 3.18%
QEP QEP Resources, Inc. 3.17%
ANR Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. 3.13%
CE Celanese Corporation 3.09%
RDS-B Royal Dutch Shell plc 2.99%
WLL Whiting Petroleum Corp. 2.97%
HLX Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. 2.97%
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation 2.83%
X United States Steel Corp. 2.80%
ESV Ensco plc 2.78%
HAL Halliburton Company 2.72%
POT Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. 2.59%
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc. 2.33%
ETP Energy Transfer Partners LP 2.30%
FTK Flotek Industries Inc. 2.30%
ETE Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 2.20%
SU Suncor Energy Inc. 2.19%
MOS The Mosaic Company 2.05%
ECA Encana Corporation 2.04%
TIE Titanium Metals Corporation 2.03%
HUN Huntsman Corporation 1.90%
AKS AK Steel Holding Corporation 1.89%
SDRL SeaDrill Limited 1.78%
CVX Chevron Corporation 1.73%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. 1.71%
RDC Rowan Companies Inc. 1.69%
APD Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 1.69%
MUR Murphy Oil Corporation 1.52%
PX Praxair Inc. 1.48%
AGU Agrium Inc. 1.45%
ATPG ATP Oil & Gas Corp. 1.38%
SUN Sunoco, Inc. 1.37%
SIAL Sigma-Aldrich Corporation 1.30%
EMN Eastman Chemical Co. 1.19%
DD E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 1.15%
SYT Syngenta AG 1.04%
NGD New Gold, Inc. 1.03%
PDS Precision Drilling Corporation 0.99%
WLT Walter Energy, Inc. 0.90%
REXX Rex Energy Corporation 0.85%
EXXI Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited 0.85%
TOT Total SA 0.80%
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limited 0.78%
TCK Teck Resources Limited 0.74%
SCCO Southern Copper Corp. 0.64%
TLM Talisman Energy Inc. 0.64%
WMB Williams Companies, Inc. 0.62%
FTI FMC Technologies, Inc. 0.59%
GGB Gerdau S.A. 0.53%
PCX Patriot Coal Corporation 0.49%
SPN Superior Energy Services, Inc. 0.41%
GTE Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. 0.31%
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. 0.23%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV 0.20%
MON Monsanto Co. 0.12%
CNX CONSOL Energy Inc. 0.06%
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation 0.05%
IVN Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. -0.08%
EGN Energen Corp. -0.13%
WFT Weatherford International Ltd. -0.22%
SE Spectra Energy Corp. -0.23%
EOG EOG Resources, Inc. -0.29%
CYT Cytec Industries Inc. -0.33%
EP El Paso Corp. -0.37%
BP BP plc -0.38%
HES Hess Corporation -0.38%
CENX Century Aluminum Co. -0.49%
SID Companhia Siderurgica Nacional -0.55%
GG Goldcorp Inc. -0.58%
GDP Goodrich Petroleum Corp. -0.58%
WNR Western Refining Inc. -0.60%
DNR Denbury Resources Inc. -0.67%
AEM Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. -0.69%
TS Tenaris SA -0.77%
MRO Marathon Oil Corporation -0.77%
NOG Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. -0.80%
NBL Noble Energy, Inc. -0.88%
HFC HollyFrontier Corporation -0.97%
COP ConocoPhillips -1.02%
NOV National Oilwell Varco, Inc. -1.07%
VALE Vale S.A. -1.20%
NFX Newfield Exploration Co. -1.22%
PWE Penn West Petroleum Ltd. -1.29%
HP Helmerich & Payne Inc. -1.38%
EVEP EV Energy Partners LP -1.42%
BHI Baker Hughes Incorporated -1.44%
COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation -1.50%
MT Arcelor Mittal -1.50%
AA Alcoa, Inc. -1.52%
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co. -1.60%
VLO Valero Energy Corporation -1.62%
PTEN Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. -1.67%
CDE Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation -1.76%
SWN Southwestern Energy Co. -1.94%
SM SM Energy Company -2.02%
CMC Commercial Metals Company -2.07%
PBR Petroleo Brasileiro -2.08%
PXP Plains Exploration & Production Company -2.13%
SGY Stone Energy Corp. -2.25%
GFI Gold Fields Ltd. -2.26%
OII Oceaneering International, Inc. -2.31%
APA Apache Corp. -2.33%
SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. -2.40%
PBR-A Petroleo Brasileiro -2.54%
CRK Comstock Resources Inc. -2.69%
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd. -2.78%
WPX WPX Energy, Inc. -2.82%
SD SandRidge Energy, Inc. -2.89%
CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. -2.90%
KOS Kosmos Energy Ltd -2.91%
NEM Newmont Mining Corp. -2.94%
TSO Tesoro Corporation -2.96%
HMY Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. -3.17%
ABX Barrick Gold Corporation -3.24%
SWC Stillwater Mining Co. -3.28%
IAG IAMGOLD Corp. -3.30%
KOG Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. -3.33%
AU AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. -3.35%
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp. -3.39%
CAM Cameron International Corporation -3.56%
ERF Enerplus Corporation -3.78%
PGH Pengrowth Energy Corporation -3.79%
CJES C&J Energy Services, Inc. -3.82%
DVN Devon Energy Corporation -3.85%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation -4.13%
PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. -4.24%
APC Anadarko Petroleum Corporation -4.31%
CLD Cloud Peak Energy Inc. -4.46%
NUE Nucor Corporation -4.57%
KGC Kinross Gold Corporation -4.63%
UPL Ultra Petroleum Corp. -4.68%
TC Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. -5.08%
EC Ecopetrol SA -5.39%
NG NovaGold Resources Inc. -5.44%
CIE Cobalt International Energy, Inc. -5.57%
OIS Oil States International Inc. -5.63%
AUQ AuRico Gold Inc. -5.70%
SLW Silver Wheaton Corp. -5.84%
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. -5.86%
ACI Arch Coal Inc. -5.91%
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc. -5.98%
AUY Yamana Gold, Inc. -6.13%
NR Newpark Resources Inc. -6.17%
XEC Cimarex Energy Co. -6.66%
MHR Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. -6.75%
BBG Bill Barrett Corp. -6.76%
TX Ternium S.A. -7.67%
CRR CARBO Ceramics Inc. -7.75%
EXH Exterran Holdings, Inc. -8.08%
CHKM Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. -8.09%
KEG Key Energy Services Inc. -8.25%
MCP Molycorp, Inc. -8.34%
MTL Mechel OAO -8.76%
MMR McMoRan Exploration Co. -8.99%
REN Resolute Energy Corporation -12.30%
CHK Chesapeake Energy Corporation -12.58%
TTI TETRA Technologies Inc. -12.85%
BAS Basic Energy Services, Inc. -15.42%
YPF YPF S.A. -33.53%