The best performing sector as of midday Friday is the Energy sector, higher by 1.7%. Within that group, Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Symbol: MPC) and Occidental Petroleum Corp (Symbol: OXY) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.8% and 4.8%, respectively. Amo Source: Industry Insights
Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: MPC, PYPL, CLX
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Symbol: MPC), where a total of 61,855 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 6.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to Source: Industry Insights
Energy Stocks Lead Markets Higher as Oil Tops $40
Friday morning brought another relatively calm session to Wall Street, as major market benchmarks were generally higher but by modest amounts. Market participants are trying to be patient in seeing whether the recovery from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic will continue or Source: Industry Insights
Friday's ETF Movers: XLE, SPYD
In trading on Friday, the The Energy Select Sector SPDR— Fund ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 2.6% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Marathon Petroleum, up about 6.2% and shares of Apache, up about 5% on the day. Source: Industry Insights
BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Penn National Gaming, Ovid Therapeutics, Ampio Pharma
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BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-LightInTheBox, Carmax, Slack Technologies, Workhorse Group
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Energy Sector Update for 06/19/2020: MPC, TOT, CLR, XLE, USO, UNG
Energy stocks rose during premarket Friday. Source: Industry Insights
Marathon Petroleum In Talks To Sell Speedway Gas Stations : Report
(RTTNews) – Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) is again in discussions with potential buyers of its Speedway gas-stations, after recently postponing the spin-off of the unit, the Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter. Source: Industry Insights
After Market Hours : Comstock, Workhorse, Marathon Gains; BeyondSpring, Intellicheck Slip
(RTTNews) – Comstock Holding Companies, Inc. (CHCI) – Shares of the real estate assets management company surged over 80% in after hours Thursday. Comstock Holding announced that its capital markets group arranged a $73 million loan with Freddie Mac for the BLVD I luxury apartme Source: Industry Insights
BUZZ-U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Chesapeake Energy, Continental Resources, Golar LNG
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