Energy stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.4%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, the Nasdaq was down 0.2% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among energy stocks include:
- Newfield Exploration Company (NFX): NFX stock is up 10.4% today.
- Clayton Williams Energy (CWEI): CWEI stock is up 5.9% today.
- Halcon Resources (HK): HK stock is up 5.2% today.
- Matador Resources Company (MTDR): MTDR stock is up 3.2% today and up 22.1% in the last month.
- Bonanza Creek Energy Inc (BCEI): BCEI stock is up 3.8% today.
- Baytex Energy Corp (BTE): BTE stock is up 3.5% today.
- Ep Energy Corp (EPE): EPE stock is up 4.4% today.
- Rosetta Resources Inc (ROSE): ROSE stock is up 3.1% today.
- Anadarko Petroleum Corp (APC): APC stock is up 3.1% today.
- Stone Energy Corp (SGY): SGY stock is up 2.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among energy stocks include:
- RPC Inc (RES): RES stock is down 4.7% today.
- Compagnie Generale De Gephysqu (CGG): CGG stock is down 3.2% today and down 20.2% in the last month.
- Genesis Energy L.P. (GEL): GEL stock is down 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (PBR): PBR stock is down 1.5% today and down 33.4% in the last month.
- Kinder Morgan Management Llc (KMR): KMR stock is down 1.2% today.
- Sm Energy Company (SM): SM stock is down 1.1% today.
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (PBR.A): PBR.A stock is down 1.6% today and down 35.5% in the last month.
- Ocean Rig Udw Inc (ORIG): ORIG stock is down 0.7% today.
- Legacy Reserves LP (LGCY): LGCY stock is down 0.9% today.
- Cnooc Limited (CEO): CEO stock is down 0.8% today.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
