Top Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration Stocks 2015

Will Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration stock find their luster finally? Top performing industries in week 14, 2015 are Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration, Auto Dealerships, etc.

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This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 0.58%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 0.48%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of 0.51%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of 1.99%.

Top performing stock industries in week 14, 2015 (March 30, 2015 to April 5, 2015) are:

1. Dairy Products 8.08%
2. Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration 7.53%
3. General Entertainment 7.47%
4. Auto Dealerships 7.41%
5. Nonmetallic Mineral Mining 7.31%
6. Aluminum 6.07%
7. Residential Construction 5.76%
8. Foreign Utilities 5.37%
9. Gaming Activities 5.25%
10. Resorts & Casinos 4.69%
11. Information & Delivery Services 4.63%
12. Beverages - Brewers 4.52%
13. Food - Major Diversified 4.48%
14. Property Management 4.03%
15. Processed & Packaged Goods 3.97%
16. Surety & Title Insurance 3.67%
17. Life Insurance 3.67%
18. Semiconductor - Specialized 3.61%
19. Home Furnishings & Fixtures 3.48%
20. Home Health Care 3.46%
21. Home Furnishing Stores 3.41%
22. Confectioners 3.34%
23. Rubber & Plastics 3.27%
24. Department Stores 3.21%
25. Industrial Electrical Equipment 3.20%
26. Auto Parts 3.13%

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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. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR) 16.75%
2. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR-A) 16.64%
3. Torchlight Energy Resources, Inc. (TRCH) 15.03%
4. Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (ICD) 10.64%
5. Hercules Offshore, Inc. (HERO) 8.42%
6. CNOOC Ltd. (CEO) 7.84%
7. TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. (TAT) 7.50%
8. Concho Resources, Inc. (CXO) 6.78%
9. Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. (AAV) 5.46%
10. Antero Resources Corporation (AR) 4.10%
11. Whiting Petroleum Corp. (WLL) 4.03%
12. Bill Barrett Corp. (BBG) 3.52%
13. Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE) 3.37%
14. Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR) 3.23%
15. Unit Corporation (UNT) 3.19%
16. Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NOG) 2.99%
17. Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (DO) 2.66%
18. Enerplus Corporation (ERF) 2.10%
19. Pioneer Energy Services Corp. (PES) 1.88%
20. RSP Permian, Inc. (RSPP) 1.45%

Top performing Auto Dealerships stock 2015 are:

1. CarMax Inc. (KMX) 13.57%
2. Penske Automotive Group, Inc. (PAG) 6.13%
3. Lithia Motors Inc. (LAD) 5.62%
4. Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (ABG) 4.67%
5. Sonic Automotive Inc. (SAH) 4.66%
6. AutoNation Inc. (AN) 4.66%
7. Group 1 Automotive Inc. (GPI) 3.98%
8. Copart, Inc. (CPRT) 2.53%
9. America's Car-Mart Inc. (CRMT) 2.52%
10. China Auto Logistic Inc. (CALI) 1.72%
11. Rush Enterprises, Inc. (RUSHA) 0.98%
12. Rush Enterprises, Inc. (RUSHB) 0.49%