Energy stocks finished down broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 2.0%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.4%, the Nasdaq declined 1.6% and the S&P 500 was down 1.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among energy stocks include:
- Laredo Petroleum Holdings Inc (LPI): LPI stock is up 1.8% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Suburban Propane Partners L.P. (SPH): SPH stock is up 1.3% today.
- Encana Corp (ECA): ECA stock is up 0.8% today.
- Tesoro Petroleum Corp (TSO): TSO stock is up 0.6% today.
- Kosmos Energy Ltd (KOS): KOS stock is up 0.6% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Holly Energy Partners L.P. (HEP): HEP stock is up 0.5% today.
- Ferrellgas Partners L.P. (FGP): FGP stock is up 0.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among energy stocks include:
- Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (MHR): MHR stock is down 7.9% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (PBR.A): PBR.A stock is down 7.1% today and down 24.2% in the last month.
- Ypf Sociedad Anonima (YPF): YPF stock is down 6.7% today.
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (PBR): PBR stock is down 6.3% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Cosan Limited (CZZ): CZZ stock is down 6.1% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Pacific Drilling S.A. (PACD): PACD stock is down 5.8% today and down 21.5% in the last month.
- Matador Resources Company (MTDR): MTDR stock is down 5.7% today.
- Noble Corp (NE): NE stock is down 5.1% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Stone Energy Corp (SGY): SGY stock is down 5.1% today.
- Penn West Petroleum Ltd (PWE): PWE stock is down 5.0% 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.
