Active Stocks – Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), Alimera Sciences (NASDAQ:ALIM), Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (NASDAQ:PMBC), Trulia Inc (NYSE:TRLA)

Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) has been accused of skimming more than other companies, selling gas to itself, misreporting production data, and violating lease terms that explicitly prohibit the fees. Most of the company’s Pennsylvania operations are located in Bradford County. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) stock performance was -3.66% in last session and finished the day at $26.82. Traded volume was 8.66million shares in the last session and the … Continue reading Active Stocks – Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), Alimera Sciences (NASDAQ:ALIM), Pacific Mercantile Bancorp (NASDAQ:PMBC), Trulia Inc (NYSE:TRLA)

Jayne Crisman07/1807/18

Basic Material Losers: Synthesis Energy Systems (NASDAQ:SYMX), Great Panther Silver (NYSEMKT:GPL), Midstates Petroleum Company (NYSE:MPO), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Pyramid Oil (NYSEMKT:PDO)

This is a strong week for Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYMX). The company’s rating climbs to B from the previous week’s C. Synthesis Energy Systems designs, invests in, builds, owns, and operates utility plants for industrial customers. Shares of the stock have been trading at an exceptionally rapid pace, up twofold from the week prior. Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYMX) stock performance was -7.98% in … Continue reading Basic Material Losers: Synthesis Energy Systems (NASDAQ:SYMX), Great Panther Silver (NYSEMKT:GPL), Midstates Petroleum Company (NYSE:MPO), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Pyramid Oil (NYSEMKT:PDO)

Mark Doerr07/0207/02

Basic Material Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX)

Ratings firms have expressed concern about a Brazilian government decision to sell billions of dollars worth of offshore oil rights to Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR), saying the move will weigh on the state-run oil company’s cash flow and creditworthiness. The company is formally known, was awarded on Tuesday the rights to explore four offshore fields off Brazil’s southeast coast believed to contain an … Continue reading Basic Material Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX)

Colin Pettis06/3006/30

Hot Movers: National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP (NYSE:BP)

National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) is reviewing second-round bids for its London-headquartered private equity business and hopes to sell it “imminently,” the bank’s deputy chief executive Petros Christodoulou told Reuters. National Bank of Greece (ADR) (NYSE:NBG) stock performance was 1.91% in last session and finished the day at $3.73. Traded volume was 2.96million shares in the last session and the average volume of the … Continue reading Hot Movers: National Bank of Greece (NYSE:NBG), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP (NYSE:BP)

Mark DeFrance06/2706/27

Stocks To Watch: Gastar Exploration (NYSEMKT:GST), Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Callon Petroleum (NYSE:CPE), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP)

Gastar Exploration Inc. (NYSEMKT: GST) (“Gastar”) reported on 16 June 2014 that it has reached total depth on the vertical pilot hole for its first Utica/Point Pleasant well in Marshall County, West Virginia. The Simms 5-UH well was drilled to a total depth of 11,410 feet and encountered approximately 92 net feet of pay in the Point Pleasant formation with measured porosities up to 17%. … Continue reading Stocks To Watch: Gastar Exploration (NYSEMKT:GST), Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK), Callon Petroleum (NYSE:CPE), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP)

Jason Knox06/2306/23

Basic Material Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)

Initially reported as a discovery in February 2013, Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) has confirmed that its 1-SPS-98 (1-BRSA-1063-SPS) well, the first to be drilled on Block BM-S-50 offshore Brazil, has tested carbonate reservoirs with good permeability. The block, informally known as Sagitario, is in Brazil’s ultradeepwater Santos basin presalt region 194 km offshore Sao Paulo in 1,871 m of water. It has … Continue reading Basic Material Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)

Mark Doerr05/2805/28