Thursday, February 28, 2008

Oil stocks still gushing

Chalk up another brilliant day for oil stocks. Barron's listed five over the weekend and four were up today. For the week thus far, all five are up at least 4.1%. EOG had the biggest lift today, surging 18%, after announcing a strong production forecast. All five have their feet in North Dakota's Bakken Shale. Here's a look at how each stock has fared, with Monday's opening price and today's closing price.

WLL | 59.49 | 61.95 | +4.1%
EOG | 100.27 | 124.73 | +24.4%
BEXP | 7.13 | 8.09 | +13.5%
CLR | 25.05 | 28.98 | +15.7%
MRO | 51.54 | 54.15 | +5.1%

On the whole, a weighted scale of these stocks gives the five a net gain of 12.6%. In a bear market.

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