Basic Materials Stocks Gap Up

Find which basic materials stocks finally gap up. Top performing industries in week 15, 2015 are nonmetallic mineral mining, oil & gas drilling & exploration, etc.

Top Mining Stocks

This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 1.74%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 2.23%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of 1.68%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of 0.74%.

Top performing stock industries in week 15, 2015 (April 6, 2015 to April 12, 2015) are:

1. Drug Related Products 20.18%
2. Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 14.44%
3. Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration 8.82%
4. Photographic Equipment & Supplies 7.75%
5. Aluminum 7.68%
6. Basic Materials Wholesale 6.37%
7. Drug Stores 5.74%
8. Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 5.69%
9. Security Software & Services 5.36%
10. Gaming Activities 5.17%
11. Diversified Machinery 4.90%
12. Marketing Services 4.90%
13. Life Insurance 4.83%
14. Drug Delivery 4.56%
15. Semiconductor- Memory Chips 4.53%
16. Major Airlines 4.32%
17. Independent Oil & Gas 4.24%
18. Dairy Products 4.19%
19. Major Integrated Oil & Gas 4.18%
20. Toys & Games 4.04%
21. Technical & System Software 3.99%
22. Biotechnology 3.97%
23. Semiconductor – Specialized 3.97%
24. Technical Services 3.88%
25. Wireless Communications 3.86%
26. Computer Peripherals 3.82%
27. Drug Manufacturers – Other 3.73%

Best Stocks Return

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 2015 are drug, health care, grocery, consumer, etc.

Best performing nonmetallic mineral mining 2015 are:

1. Tantech Holdings Ltd (TANH) 64.00%
2. Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (YZC) 28.27%
3. SinoCoking Coal and Coke Chemical Industries, Inc. (SCOK) 16.89%
4. SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P. (SXCP) 3.80%
5. Dominion Diamond Corporation (DDC) 3.74%
6. SunCoke Energy Inc. (SXC) 2.89%
7. Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. (AHGP) 2.27%
8. Westmoreland Coal Co. (WLB) 1.58%

Top performing oil & gas drilling & exploration stocks are:

1. PostRock Energy Corporation (PSTR) 181.52%
2. Hercules Offshore, Inc. (HERO) 65.33%
3. Paragon Offshore plc (PGN) 23.20%
4. Transocean Partners LLC (RIGP) 17.12%
5. GeoPark Limited (GPRK) 15.00%
6. Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (PWE) 14.94%
7. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR) 14.64%
8. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR-A) 13.53%
9. Rex Energy Corporation (REXX) 12.21%
10. SeaDrill Limited (SDRL) 11.49%
11. Vantage Drilling Company (VTG) 11.10%
12. Pioneer Energy Services Corp. (PES) 10.89%
13. North Atlantic Drilling Limited (NADL) 10.74%
14. Transocean Ltd. (RIG) 10.54%
15. W&T Offshore Inc. (WTI) 10.47%
16. Noble Corporation plc (NE) 9.96%
17. Bill Barrett Corp. (BBG) 9.74%
18. CNOOC Ltd. (CEO) 9.20%
19. Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (ATW) 8.58%
20. Ensco plc (ESV) 8.14%