Williams Companies Inc (WMB): Today's Featured Basic Materials Loser

Williams Companies (WMB) pushed the Basic Materials sector lower today making it today's featured Basic Materials loser. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Williams Companies fell 34 cents (-1.2%) to $28.67 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 11.7 million shares of Williams Companies exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.8 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $28.25-$29.29 after having opened the day at $29.07 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $29.01. Other company's within the Basic Materials sector that declined today were: Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Limite (LPH), down 15.2%, Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), down 12.4%, KiOR (KIOR), down 11.7%, and Patriot Coal Corporation (PCX), down 9.4%.

The Williams Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in finding, producing, gathering, processing, and transporting natural gas primarily in the United States. Williams Companies has a market cap of $19.1 billion and is part of the energy industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 23.3, below the average energy industry P/E ratio of 38.2 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 7.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Williams Companies a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and one rates it a hold.

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On the positive front, Gushan Environmental Energy (GU), up 46.1%, Golden Minerals (AUMN), up 35.9%, Credo Petroleum Corporation (CRED), up 32.1%, and Synthesis Energy Sys (SYMX), up 16%, were all gainers within the basic materials sector with Eldorado Gold (EGO) being today's featured basic materials sector winner.

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