Morning Alert – Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) , United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) , Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) , SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI)

Chevron CVX -0.05% , ConocoPhillips COP +0.12% , and Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) offer “the best value-adjusted opportunities” in the sector, they added. ConocoPhillips’ future growth is largely based on U.S. shale. Chevron is a leader in new oil sources in the Gulf of Mexico. Total has slowed high-cost developments. Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) stock performance was -2.26% in last session and finished the day at $67.88. Traded volume was 1.34million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.05million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.33.

Firth Rixson, based in Sheffield, will supply United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) in Connecticut with aeroplane engine and landing parts. The company said the deal would “considerably benefit” 11 of its 12 factories in the UK, North America and China and extra jobs would be created.  United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) dropped -0.03 percent to $114.84 Tuesday on volume of 4.49million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $114.64 to $116.25. United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) has a market capitalization of $105.28billion.

Symantec Corp (NASDAQ:SYMC) has earned an average rating of “Hold” from the twenty-four ratings firms that are currently covering the company, AnalystRatings.Net reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $24.45. Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC)’s stock on July 15, 2014 reported a increase of 1.76% to the closing price of $22.89. Its fifty two weeks range is $17.95 -$27.10. The total market capitalization recorded $15.83billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 4.48million shares. In its share capital, SYMC has 691.70million outstanding shares.

In June, Suntrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) announced that it would pay $418 million to resolve its potential liability for originating and underwriting FHA loans between January 2006 and March 2012 that did not meet agency requirements. On Tuesday, shares of SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) advanced 2.26% to close the day at $40.72. Company return on investment (ROI) is 12.80% and its monthly performance is recorded as 1.14%.  SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI) quarterly revenue growth is 8.27%.