Oil & Bank Stocks Are Roaring Back

Oil & bank stocks are roaring back in week 6, 2015. Top performing industries are banks, oil & gas exploration, cement, copper, etc. All indices are having big returns.

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 3.12%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 2.36%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of 3.93%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of 3.46%.

Best weekly performance of industry stocks of week 6, 2015 (February 2, 2015 – February 8, 2015) are:

1. Tobacco Products, Other 15.90%
2. Regional - Southwest Banks 10.57%
3. Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration 9.41%
4. Cement 9.23%
5. Copper 9.06%
6. Regional - Southeast Banks 8.44%
7. Mortgage Investment 8.39%
8. General Contractors 7.52%
9. Investment Brokerage – National 7.52%
10. Regional - Pacific Banks 7.22%
11. Electronics Stores 6.97%
12. Accident & Health Insurance 6.89%
13. Technical Services 6.87%
14. Entertainment – Diversified 6.80%
15. Shipping 6.70%
16. Residential Construction 6.65%
17. Investment Brokerage – Regional 6.59%
18. Regional - Northeast Banks 6.58%
19. Regional - Midwest Banks 6.52%
20. Diversified Investments 6.45%
21. Money Center Banks 6.42%
22. Internet Service Providers 6.36%
23. Heavy Construction 6.36%
24. Auto Parts 6.31%
25. Rental & Leasing Services 6.19%
26. Independent Oil & Gas 6.04%

Top Oil Stocks

Looking into best weekly stocks can provide an insight what stock market will bring for the next session. Retail or institutional investors may want to rotate to this sector to avoid bad returns. Can growth stocks finally make the comeback? Will value stocks continue to be the winner? Some great sectors in 2014 are major airlines, real estate (REIT), semiconductors, drug manufacturers, aluminum, etc.

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Best performing southwest regional bank stocks are:

1. Texas Capital BancShares Inc. (TCBI) 17.67%
2. Prosperity Bancshares Inc. (PB) 14.72%
3. West Bancorp., Inc. (WTBA) 12.47%
4. Veritex Holdings, Inc. (VBTX) 11.79%
5. International Bancshares Corporation (IBOC) 10.97%
6. Great Southern Bancorp Inc. (GSBC) 10.83%
7. Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (CFR) 10.75%
8. BOK Financial Corporation (BOKF) 9.54%
9. UMB Financial Corporation (UMBF) 9.44%
10. CoBiz Financial Inc. (COBZ) 9.17%
11. First Financial Bankshares Inc. (FFIN) 8.87%
12. Southwest Bancorp Inc. (OKSB) 8.65%
13. Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (HTLF) 6.92%
14. Enterprise Financial Services Corp. (EFSC) 6.59%
15. BancFirst Corporation (BANF) 5.24%
16. MidWest One Financial Group, Inc. (MOFG) 4.64%
17. Landmark Bancorp Inc. (LARK) 3.76%
18. First Community Corporation (FCCO) 3.18%
19. Guaranty Federal Bancshares Inc. (GFED) 2.20%

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Top oil & gas exploration stocks are:

1. PostRock Energy Corporation (PSTR) 162.99%
2. Samson Oil & Gas Limited (SSN) 61.99%
3. Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (PWE) 60.40%
4. SandRidge Energy, Inc. (SD) 55.32%
5. BPZ Resources, Inc. (BPZ) 51.07%
6. Halcon Resources Corporation (HK) 45.00%
7. Vantage Drilling Company (VTG) 44.15%
8. Paragon Offshore plc (PGN) 41.63%
9. Legacy Reserves LP (LGCY) 39.30%
10. Rex Energy Corporation (REXX) 33.62%
11. Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NOG) 31.21%
12. EV Energy Partners LP (EVEP) 30.98%
13. Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. (MHR) 30.93%
14. North Atlantic Drilling Limited (NADL) 9.37%
15. Breitburn Energy Partners L.P. (BBEP) 29.12%
16. Hercules Offshore, Inc. (HERO) 28.22%
17. Whiting Petroleum Corp. (WLL) 26.42%
18. Bill Barrett Corp. (BBG) 25.20%
19. W&T Offshore Inc. (WTI) 24.70%
20. Pengrowth Energy Corporation (PGH) 24.63%