Today's Top Performers In Metals & Mining

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All three major indices are trading down today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 21 points (-0.1%) at 14,492 as of Monday, March 18, 2013, 12:50 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,220 issues advancing vs. 1,709 declining with 121 unchanged.

The Metals & Mining industry currently sits up 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.3%. A company within the industry that fell today was Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO), up 0.6%.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 4 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

4. Consol Energy (CNX) is one of the companies pushing the Metals & Mining industry higher today. As of noon trading, Consol Energy is up $0.93 (2.7%) to $34.84 on heavy volume Thus far, 2.3 million shares of Consol Energy exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.8 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $33.28-$35.24 after having opened the day at $33.35 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.91.

CONSOL Energy Inc. produces coal and natural gas for energy and raw material markets in the United States, Canada, and western Europe. It operates in Coal and Gas divisions. Consol Energy has a market cap of $7.7 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate Consol Energy a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Consol Energy as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels, increase in stock price during the past year and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity. Get the full Consol Energy Ratings Report now.

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