Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDS.B): Today's Featured Energy Winner

Royal Dutch Shell was a winner within the energy industry, rising $0.72 (1.0%) to $70.00 on light volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Royal Dutch Shell

(

RDS.B

) pushed the Energy industry higher today making it today's featured energy winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Royal Dutch Shell rose $0.72 (1.0%) to $70.00 on light volume. Throughout the day, 755,997 shares of Royal Dutch Shell exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1,113,000 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $69.72-$70.04 after having opened the day at $69.88 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $69.28. Other companies within the Energy industry that increased today were:

SMF Energy Corporation

(

FUEL

), up 38.7%,

Lone Pine Resources

(

LPR

), up 13.3%,

Apco Oil and Gas International

(

APAGF

), up 12.2% and

Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporat

(

AMCF

), up 10.9%.

Royal Dutch Shell plc operates as an independent oil and gas company worldwide. The company explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Royal Dutch Shell has a market cap of $221.5 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. Shares are down 1.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Royal Dutch Shell

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its attractive valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

On the negative front,

Cubic Energy

(

QBC

), down 33.3%,

Exterran Partners L.P

(

EXLP

), down 7.0%,

HyperDynamics Corporation

(

HDY

), down 6.7% and

EQT Midstream Partners

(

EQM

), down 6.1% , were all laggards within the energy industry with

Kinder Morgan

(

KMI

) being today's energy industry laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the energy industry could consider

Energy Select Sector SPDR

(

XLE

) while those bearish on the energy industry could consider

Proshares Short Oil & Gas

(

DDG

).

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