Rotation to Oil Stocks for Win

Find whether rotation to oil stocks is for the big win in 2015. Top performing industries in week 16, 2015 are oil & gas drilling & exploration, independent oil & gas, 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 -0.98%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of -1.28%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of -1.26%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of -1.00%.

Top performing stock industries in week 16, 2015 (April 13, 2015 to April 19, 2015) are:

1. Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration 8.19%
2. Copper 7.67%
3. Toys & Games 6.41%
4. Consumer Services 3.79%
5. Cigarettes 3.30%
6. Independent Oil & Gas 3.26%
7. Basic Materials Wholesale 3.19%
8. Major Integrated Oil & Gas 2.95%
9. Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 2.62%
10. Gold 2.39%
11. Long Distance Carriers 2.35%
12. Cement 1.85%
13. Oil & Gas Pipelines 1.74%
14. Data Storage Devices 1.51%
15. Internet Service Providers 1.46%
16. Technical Services 1.44%
17. Marketing Services 1.42%
18. Money Center Banks 1.37%
19. Chemicals - Major Diversified 1.25%
20. Industrial Metals & Minerals 1.19%
21. Regional - Southwest Banks 1.19%
22. Aluminum 1.12%
23. Industrial Equipment Wholesale 1.10%
24. Personal Products 1.06%
25. Diversified Computer Systems 1.05%
26. Recreational Goods, Other 0.99%

Best Equities 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 oil & gas drilling & exploration stocks 2015 are:

1. Vantage Drilling Company (VTG) 35.11%
2. Paragon Offshore plc (PGN) 28.57%
3. Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (PWE) 22.00%
4. North Atlantic Drilling Limited (NADL) 20.90%
5. EV Energy Partners LP (EVEP) 15.72%
6. Rex Energy Corporation (REXX) 15.05%
7. W&T Offshore Inc. (WTI) 14.04%
8. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR) 13.42%
9. Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (ICD) 12.82%
10. Breitburn Energy Partners LP (BBEP) 12.14%
11. SeaDrill Limited (SDRL) 11.42%
12. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR-A) 11.40%
13. Antero Resources Corporation (AR) 11.03%
14. Transocean Partners LLC (RIGP) 10.49%
15. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT) 10.14%
16. Bill Barrett Corp. (BBG) 10.11%
17. Enerplus Corporation (ERF) 9.84%
18. Vermilion Energy Inc. (VET) 9.56%
19. Pioneer Energy Services Corp. (PES) 9.32%
20. Memorial Resource Development Corp. (MRD) 9.09%

Top performing independent oil & gas stocks are:

1. Harvest Natural Resources Inc. (HNR) 58.74%
2. Resolute Energy Corporation (REN) 52.91%
3. Saratoga Resources Inc. (SARA) 40.91%
4. American Eagle Energy Corporation (AMZG) 21.67%
5. Warren Resources Inc. (WRES) 21.28%
6. SandRidge Mississippian Trust I (SDT) 18.96%
7. Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. (MPO) 18.63%
8. Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. (BXE) 18.05%
9. Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. (GTE) 17.33%
10. Swift Energy Co. (SFY) 15.33%
11. US Energy Corp. (USEG) 13.91%
12. Eclipse Resources Corporation (ECR) 13.01%
13. Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. (ARP) 12.90%
14. California Resources Corporation (CRC) 12.72%
15. Atlas Energy Group, LLC (ATLS) 12.61%
16. Southwestern Energy Co. (SWN) 11.95%
17. Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust (CHKR) 11.72%
18. Dejour Energy Inc. (DEJ) 11.68%
19. Gastar Exploration Inc. (GST) 11.50%
20. Pacific Coast Oil Trust (ROYT) 10.88%

Best performing copper stocks are:

1. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) 13.26%
2. Southern Copper Corp. (SCCO) 3.31%
3. Nevsun Resources Ltd. (NSU) 1.99%