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)

Stocks To Watch: Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Encana Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ECA), Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU)

Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN) on May 8 reported first-quarter results. Total revenues and sales were $1.5 billion in the first quarter, a decline of 2 percent from the same period a year ago. In the first quarter under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the company reported total revenues and sales of $1.46 billion and net income of $16 million, or 2 cents per share. Windstream … Continue reading Stocks To Watch: Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Encana Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ECA), Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU)

Hot Watch List: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA), Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD), VIVUS (NASDAQ:VVUS), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP)

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today upheld a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware finding Bristol-Myers Squibb’s entecavir compound claim of U.S. Patent No. 5,206,244 invalid. Teva’s ANDA for entecavir has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) … Continue reading Hot Watch List: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (NYSE:TEVA), Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD), VIVUS (NASDAQ:VVUS), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP)

Active Watch List: First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Fujitsu Limited (OTCMKTS:FJTSY)

Domestic solar power producers and exporters of solar equipment to India, who have been vehemently opposing the Commerce Ministry’s proposed anti-dumping duty on solar panels and cells, have a surprise sympathiser in the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari. The Directorate-General of Anti-Dumping, under the Commerce Ministry, had recommended steep anti-dumping duties ranging from $ 0.11 per watt of power produced to $ … Continue reading Active Watch List: First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:YGE), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), Fujitsu Limited (OTCMKTS:FJTSY)

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Hot Alert: IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG), Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG), Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:GOLD), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP)

Now that Toronto’s IAMGOLD Corp (USA) (NYSE:IAG) is drilling at the Monster Lake gold project 45 km southwest of Chibougamau, the property is shows signs of living up to its name. Hole ML-14-108 returned 11.55 g/t Au over 10.47 metres, including 48.90 g/t over 2.0 metres. Hole ML-14-110 assayed 13.65 g/t Au over 3.77 metres, including 46.0 g/t over 1.10 metres. IAMGOLD Corp (USA) (NYSE:IAG) … Continue reading Hot Alert: IAMGOLD (NYSE:IAG), Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG), Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:GOLD), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP)

Basic Material New Highs: Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB), Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK)

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $2.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.88 by $0.22, American Banking and Market News reports. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) stock performance was 0.88% in last session and finished the day at $102.91. Traded volume was 7,614,576 million shares in the last session and the … Continue reading Basic Material New Highs: Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB), Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK)