Basic Material Insider Selling: Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD), Solazyme (NASDAQ:SZYM), Huntsman (NYSE:HUN), Basic Energy Services (NYSE:BAS), Denbury Resources (NYSE:DNR)

Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD) EVP Mark Stephen Berg sold 1,500 shares of Pioneer Natural Resources stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $230.03, for a total transaction of $345,045.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 53,654 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,342,030. Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD) stock performance was -2.11% in last session and finished the day at $228.16. Traded volume was 1.56million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.29million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.42. Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD) insider ownership is 1.00%.

Solazyme (NASDAQ:SZYM) CEO Jonathan S. Wolfson sold 35,000 shares of Solazyme stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.79, for a total transaction of $412,650.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 282,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,330,675. Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM) rose 1.20 percent to $11.79 Thursday on volume of 686,016.00million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $11.55 to $11.95. Solazyme Inc (NASDAQ:SZYM) has a market capitalization of $891.43million.

Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) CEO Anthony P. Hankins sold 157,483 shares of Huntsman stock on the open market in a transaction dated Friday, June 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $28.00, for a total value of $4,409,524.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 317,461 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,888,908. Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN)’s stock on June 26, 2014 reported a increase of 0.29% to the closing price of $27.84. Its fifty two weeks range is $16.18 -$28.87. The total market capitalization recorded $6.76billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1.71million shares. In its share capital, HUN has 242.78million outstanding shares.

Basic Energy Services (NYSE:BAS) CEO Thomas Monroe Patterson sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $27.34, for a total transaction of $54,680.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 301,621 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,246,318. On Thursday, shares of Basic Energy Services, Inc (NYSE:BAS) advanced 3.50% to close the day at $27.81. Company return on investment (ROI) is 2.50% and its monthly performance is recorded as 7.09%. Basic Energy Services, Inc (NYSE:BAS) quarterly revenue growth is 3.04%.

Denbury Resources (NYSE:DNR) Director Greg Mcmichael sold 12,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.37, for a total transaction of $220,440.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 35,451 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $651,235. Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE:DNR) stock performance was 0.27% in last session and finished the day at $18.49. Traded volume was 6.09million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 3.82million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.92. Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE:DNR) insider ownership is 0.80%.