Basic Material Stocks: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM), Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL), Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR), Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO)

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) raised its quarterly dividend from $0.69 to $0.73 per share today. The new dividend will be paid on 9/2/2014 to shareholders on record as of 7/21/2014. The stock will go ex-dividend on 7/17/2014. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stock performance was 0.15% in last session and finished the day at $85.67. Traded volume was 8.25million shares in the last session and the average volume of the … Continue reading Basic Material Stocks: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM), Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL), Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR), Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO)

Oil &Gas Stocks: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Total (NYSE:TOT), BP (NYSE:BP), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), the oil and gas company, built an online knowledge platform where employees pose questions and others provide answers. Baker and Bulkley say that the company has saved $100 million by this means of tapping employees’ knowledge. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) stock performance was -0.35% in last session and finished the day at $86.10. Traded volume was 3.93million shares in the last session and the average … Continue reading Oil &Gas Stocks: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Total (NYSE:TOT), BP (NYSE:BP), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)

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)

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)