Integrated Oil & Gas

Morgan Stanley is out with a research report on Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) and it has an Overweight rating on shares. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "MUR announced the sale of the second of its three refineries tonight with two important takeaways: (1) MUR is executing on its...

Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) announced today that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement pursuant to which its wholly-owned subsidiary, Murphy Oil USA, Inc., will sell its refinery in Meraux, Louisiana and related assets.

Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3x Shares(ETF) (NYSE: EDZ) lost 6.11% today, and it closed at $20.12. Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) (NYSE: BBD) is a component of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, and it gained 2.41%. Direxion Daily Developed Markets Bear 3x Shares(ETF) (NYSE: DPK) fell 5.21%, and...

Russian bailiffs today raided BP's (NYSE: BP) Moscow offices with regards to a lawsuit over the company's joint venture in Russia, through minority shareholders of TNK-BP. In Soviet Russia, nothing goes right. You're screwed. Carl Icahn yesterday saying his board nominees would try to sell...

Shares of Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU) are lower on the session by 0.35%, currently trading at $31.63. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the January...

Shares of PetroChina (NYSE: PTR) are higher on the session by 2.00%, currently trading at $128.77. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the...

Americas Petrogas announced that it has, through its wholly-owned Argentina subsidiary, Americas Petrogas Argentina S.A., entered into a farm-out agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration Argentina S.R.L., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) for the exploration and...

CNBC Fast Money's Scott Nations said on the show that a recent negative options action in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) makes him worried about the stock. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) gained 0.82%, and closed at $98.71. Jon Najarian thinks that NetApp Inc. (...

Donaldson Co Inc (NYSE: DCI) reported better-than-expected quarterly results. Donaldson reported its quarterly earnings at $65.8 million, or $0.84 per share, up from $51.2 million, or $0.65 per share, in the year-ago period. Its revenue surged 21% to $625 million. Its engine product sales climbed...

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (NYSE: SNP), or Sinopec, reported a 12% rise in its first-half net profit. Sinopec's net profit for the period rose to CNY41.17 billion (US$6.44 billion), from CNY36.80 billion, in the year-ago period, according to international accounting standards. However,...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Travelers Companies (NYSE: TRV) is the “cheapest stock in the Dow. I want to buy Travelers right here." For Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), he said, "You don't want to own Micron. It's not a good tech stock and it's not the...

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) spiked 7.99% on Thursday, and closed at $97.31. In the semiconductor space, Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) fell 4.84%, and Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) lost 3.06%. Direxion Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (ETF) (NYSE: TZA)...

One of the brighter headlines delivered to investors has been news of the fall of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi and his oppressive regime. The bottom line with this news is that has potential to be good news for select oil stocks. Emphasis on potential. Some oil companies reported disappointing...

The market's recent malaise has shown investors many things and one of them is that developed markets have offered little in the way of refuge. Even excluding the U.S. from the conversation, developed market ETFs have been disappointing as a group lately. Whether it's slack economic growth, a...

Stocks are advancing sharply across the board. This happened after the S&P 500 held the all important 1122 level. This level was the key low for the last three trading days. The move in the markets appears to be a melt up, as short covering starts ahead of a major speech by Federal Reserve...