Basic Material Active Movers: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Vale (NYSE:VALE), SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD), The Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW)

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) stock performance was 0.70% in last session and finished the day at $17.19. Traded volume was 12.03million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 20.51million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.72. Alcoa is putting $40 million … Continue reading Basic Material Active Movers: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Vale (NYSE:VALE), SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD), The Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW)

Investors Are Watching – Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) , Vale (NYSE:VALE) , Digital Power (NYSEMKT:DPW) , iPass (NASDAQ:IPAS), Stepan (NYSE:SCL)

Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX)’s board of directors recently unveiled a new executive management structure that the company said will help it meet the challenges of the mining industry. Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) stock performance was 0.05% in last session and finished the day at $19.19. Traded volume was 9.85million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 10.30million … Continue reading Investors Are Watching – Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) , Vale (NYSE:VALE) , Digital Power (NYSEMKT:DPW) , iPass (NASDAQ:IPAS), Stepan (NYSE:SCL)

Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) is the largest gold mining company in the world by production, although it isn’t by market capitalization [that title is held by Goldcorp (NYSE:GG)]. One of the reasons for this is the company’s failure to generate shareholder value over the years despite a very strong gold market. If you had bought Barrick Gold back on December 31, 1999, your position would be … Continue reading Trending Tickers – Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Packaging Corp Of America (NYSE:PKG) , Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST), XOMA (NASDAQ:XOMA)

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) has reached 500,000 b/d in production from the Brazilian presalt, a region that has already seen aggregate output of 343 million boe (OGJ Online, June 20, 2014). The company, which didn’t reach the same level of total production until 31 years after it launched, made its first discovery in the region 8 years ago. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) … Continue reading Basic Material Active Stocks: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM)

USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU), on June 27, 2014, through Amendment no. 003 in the previous contract, agreed to let UT-Battelle act as the operator and administrator of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Both the companies had signed an agreement on 1st of May, 2014, whereby UT-Battelle was assigned the tasks of demonstration, research and development of the American Centrifuge technology keeping in view the national security purposes … Continue reading Basic Material Movers: USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Molycorp Inc (NYSE:MCP), Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC)

Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) which has generated ample controversy in recent years for seeking tax breaks and suing local governments to drop its tax bill, has applied for another public subsidy to expand its Houston refinery. Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) stock performance was -3.04% in last session and finished the day at $50.10. Traded volume was 13.61million shares in the last session and the average … Continue reading Basic Material Active Movers: Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO), Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Vale (NYSE:VALE), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)