A stronger dollar put pressure on oil early Friday morning, sending the commodity temporarily off record gains hit earlier in the week, and analysts are fearful price volatility such as this will be the theme of 2018.
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Continental Resources Inc. , where a total of 11,691 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares.
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Jim Cramer says there's a big disconnect between what lawmakers and politicians are doing in Washington and what stocks and great American companies are doing on Wall Street.
Hamm: A drop in prices into the $30 to $40 per barrel range would force drillers to reduce capital expenditures and cease drilling new wells, rendering the market under supplied.
The Oklahoma City-based oil and services company confirmed Chief Operating Officer Tony Maranto's resignation via a one-sentence SEC regulatory filing.
SM Energy CEO Javan Ottoson is not willing to bet the round of corporate-level M&A that dealmakers are hoping for is on the horizon in the prolific Permian Basin.
Here are Tuesday's top research calls, including upgrades for Disney, Continental Resources and Agios Pharmaceuticals, and downgrades for Chipotle, Brinker International and JPMorgan Chase.
The Army Corp of Engineers dealt the pipeline operators a setback Sunday, but the Trump administration said it supported the project's construction Monday and analysts feel rerouting won't be necessary.