Should you invest in oil & gas stocks again? Is this only a dead cat bounce? During week 41, 2015, top stock market industries are Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration.
Top Stock Industries
This post will look into the top performing stocks, industry, and sector. The S&P 500 index has a weekly return of 3.13%. NASDAQ Composite has a weekly return of 2.61%. Dow Jones Industrials Average has a weekly return of 3.75%. The small cap (Russell 2000) has a return of 4.61%.
Stock market highlights for week 41 are:
- US stock market has its best week of 2015
- China stocks jump for the week.
- World stock markets extend gains.
- Dell offers to use VMWare to help pay for EMC deal.
- Global growth is still concerning.
- Oil market is going higher for now.
Top 25 stock industries in week 41, 2015 (October 5, 2015 to October 11, 2015) are:
| No. | Name | Perf Week | Perf Month | Perf Year |
|---|
| 1 | Synthetics | 20.59% | -10.03% | -42.90% |
| 2 | Building Materials Wholesale | 16.84% | 5.53% | 29.36% |
| 3 | Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration | 15.96% | 11.41% | -53.35% |
| 4 | Copper | 15.39% | 11.76% | -29.70% |
| 5 | Industrial Metals & Minerals | 14.85% | 9.56% | -29.63% |
| 6 | Steel & Iron | 13.54% | -0.11% | -35.92% |
| 7 | Semiconductor- Memory Chips | 12.95% | 4.20% | -37.26% |
| 8 | Silver | 12.40% | 26.68% | -23.24% |
| 9 | Internet Service Providers | 11.71% | 3.23% | -58.48% |
| 10 | Diversified Computer Systems | 11.71% | 6.19% | -13.32% |
| 11 | Heavy Construction | 11.57% | 4.95% | -12.80% |
| 12 | Gold | 11.13% | 21.61% | -27.79% |
| 13 | Independent Oil & Gas | 10.86% | 11.12% | -27.18% |
| 14 | Data Storage Devices | 10.28% | 10.20% | -8.62% |
| 15 | Office Supplies | 10.21% | 13.66% | 29.04% |
| 16 | Oil & Gas Equipment & Services | 10.01% | 5.00% | -24.89% |
| 17 | Industrial Equipment & Components | 9.60% | 3.24% | -1.75% |
| 18 | Nonmetallic Mineral Mining | 9.60% | 0.65% | -38.63% |
| 19 | Consumer Services | 9.46% | 10.74% | -26.65% |
| 20 | Technical Services | 9.43% | 7.65% | -10.52% |
| 21 | Major Integrated Oil & Gas | 9.33% | 10.13% | -21.22% |
| 22 | Pollution & Treatment Controls | 9.18% | -0.01% | -15.96% |
| 23 | General Contractors | 9.09% | 5.26% | -6.30% |
| 24 | Farm & Construction Machinery | 8.91% | -0.80% | -14.31% |
| 25 | Rental & Leasing Services | 8.76% | 5.56% | -0.76% |
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.
Top 20 Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration stocks in 2015 are:
| No. | Company | Ticker | Perf Week | Perf Quart | Perf YTD |
|---|
| 1 | Penn West Petroleum Ltd. | PWE | 101.67% | -18.71% | -40.41% |
| 2 | Pioneer Energy Services Corp. | PES | 50.91% | -27.98% | -40.07% |
| 3 | Unit Corporation | UNT | 42.62% | -27.36% | -47.60% |
| 4 | Pacific Drilling S.A. | PACD | 40.00% | -37.31% | -63.79% |
| 5 | Halcon Resources Corporation | HK | 34.72% | -14.16% | -45.51% |
| 6 | Whiting Petroleum Corp. | WLL | 32.88% | -23.94% | -32.03% |
| 7 | SandRidge Energy, Inc. | SD | 30.56% | -31.88% | -74.18% |
| 8 | Breitburn Energy Partners LP | BBEP | 30.13% | -24.28% | -55.68% |
| 9 | Enerplus Corporation | ERF | 26.20% | -20.40% | -30.75% |
| 10 | Pengrowth Energy Corporation | PGH | 26.09% | -46.43% | -60.44% |
| 11 | Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. | ICD | 25.98% | -15.58% | 23.56% |
| 12 | SeaDrill Limited | SDRL | 25.53% | -21.30% | -35.34% |
| 13 | Transocean Ltd. | RIG | 25.22% | 15.26% | -5.57% |
| 14 | North Atlantic Drilling Limited | NADL | 25.00% | -16.67% | -38.65% |
| 15 | W&T Offshore Inc. | WTI | 23.79% | -22.96% | -51.09% |
| 16 | Nabors Industries Ltd. | NBR | 23.38% | -9.21% | -6.38% |
| 17 | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | HP | 22.28% | -5.97% | -7.83% |
| 18 | Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras | PBR | 22.20% | -33.37% | -22.33% |
| 19 | Bill Barrett Corp. | BBG | 21.60% | -34.17% | -56.01% |
| 20 | Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. | MHR | 21.39% | -59.26% | -81.06% |
The 20 Industrial Metals & Minerals stocks in 2015 are:
| No. | Company | Ticker | Perf Week | Perf Month | Perf YTD |
|---|
| 1 | Horsehead Holding Corp. | ZINC | 124.90% | -21.62% | -65.19% |
| 2 | Teck Resources Limited | TCK | 46.27% | 11.18% | -44.74% |
| 3 | HudBay Minerals, Inc. | HBM | 39.05% | 12.93% | -35.60% |
| 4 | Peabody Energy Corporation | BTU | 35.01% | -8.28% | -78.88% |
| 5 | Denison Mines Corp. | DNN | 32.99% | 12.05% | -43.52% |
| 6 | Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. | NAK | 30.06% | 2.19% | 4.68% |
| 7 | Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. | TC | 29.80% | -1.53% | -65.80% |
| 8 | Platinum Group Metals Ltd. | PLG | 27.16% | 12.04% | -37.30% |
| 9 | Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A | BVN | 24.88% | 29.36% | -17.05% |
| 10 | Taseko Mines Ltd. | TGB | 24.38% | 3.65% | -45.66% |
| 11 | United States Antimony Corp. | UAMY | 24.24% | -19.61% | -41.43% |
| 12 | U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. | SLCA | 24.05% | -5.65% | -29.12% |
| 13 | Vale S.A. | VALE | 22.32% | 5.59% | -30.82% |
| 14 | Arch Coal Inc. | ACI | 21.78% | 5.99% | -76.12% |
| 15 | Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc. | FMSA | 21.57% | -35.01% | -55.20% |
| 16 | Polymet Mining Corp. | PLM | 19.70% | -11.24% | -24.76% |
| 17 | Hi-Crush Partners LP | HCLP | 19.31% | -30.67% | -68.92% |
| 18 | Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. | CLF | 19.14% | -24.88% | -57.28% |
| 19 | Cloud Peak Energy Inc. | CLD | 18.86% | 7.40% | -63.62% |
| 20 | Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. | ASM | 18.38% | 17.57% | -9.52% |
