9 Oil Exploring Stocks Outperforming Indices with Increased Volumes in the Last Week: Investment Idea of the Day

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Ubika Research has highlighted nine oil exploration & production stocks which have outperformed their respective equity indices and energy sector indices during the last week with a significant increase in traded volumes reflecting a strong market interest. Average trading volumes of these stocks over the past five days are significantly higher than their one month daily average trading volumes. The shortlisted stocks outperformed their respective indices during the week, recording price gains ranging from 6% to 24% with daily average traded volume in excess of 100,000.

Index Performance during the Past Week (March 24th 2014 – March 28th 2014)

Index

Last Index Value

Value Change (5-Day)

Average Volume
(5-Day)

Average Volume
(1-month)

Volume Comparison*

S&P 500 Index

1,857.6

-0.5%

534,943,328

551,384,204

-3.0%

NASDAQ Composite Index

4,155.8

-2.8%

547,105,011

544,391,533

0.5%

Russell 2000 Index

1,151.8

-3.5%

287,930,816

305,082,007

-5.6%

S&P/TSX Composite Index

14,260.7

-0.5%

171,284,730

178,704,023

-4.2%

S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

989.8

-4.3%

72,632,848

82,183,607

-11.6%

S&P 500 Energy Sector Index (U.S.)

653.0

2.5%

38,899,615

41,556,499

-6.4%

S&P/TSX Composite Index Energy Sector Index (Canada)

3,151.7

1.5%

48,917,510

52,257,709

-6.4%

Stocks Performance

Company Name

Ticker

Exchange

Market Cap
(MM)

Last Price

Price Change (5-Day)

Average Volume
(5-Day)

Average Volume
(1-month)

Volume Comparison*

52-Week High

52-Week Low

Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd

CLL

TSX

126.5

0.28

24.4%

2,449,004

896,264

173.2%

0.34

0.06

Marquee Energy Ltd

MQL

TSXV

80.3

0.95

13.1%

851,450

321,412

164.9%

1.08

0.42

PetroNova Inc

PNA

TSXV

67.8

0.30

20.0%

249,743

106,287

135.0%

0.38

0.18

Suroco Energy Inc

SRN

TSXV

36.9

0.28

12.2%

193,061

89,826

114.9%

0.50

0.22

Rock Energy Inc

RE

TSX

234.6

5.95

17.1%

1,161,883

556,688

108.7%

6.00

1.10

Southern Pacific Resource Corp

STP

TSX

129.3

0.33

22.6%

4,277,296

2,697,585

58.6%

0.91

0.10

InterOil Corp

IOC

NYSE

3,095.9

63.41

5.6%

755,345

583,700

29.4%

8.97

3.50

Exterran Holdings Inc

EXH

NYSE

2,886.2

43.74

6.2%

1,883,715

1,512,044

24.6%

136.64

62.11

VAALCO Energy Inc

EGY

NYSE

470.7

8.28

13.6%

743,801

599,202

24.1%

0.40

0.08

Source: Bloomberg
*Volume Comparison: 5-Day average volume over 30-Day average volume
Market cap & Last Price are in their respective currencies

Company Description

Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd (TSX: CLL)     
Connacher Oil and Gas Limited develop, produces and markets bitumen resources. The company’s principal asset is in the Great Divide oil sands project located in northern Alberta.

Marquee Energy Ltd (TSXV: MQL) 
Marquee Energy Ltd. is an oil and gas exploration and production company. The company operates in Alberta, Canada.

PetroNova Inc (TSXV: PNA)           
PetroNova, Inc. explores for oil and natural gas. The company operates in South America.

Suroco Energy Inc (TSXV: SRN)    
Suroco Energy, Inc, is a Colombia focused, international oil and gas exploration company. The company holds interests in Colombia and Canada.

Rock Energy Inc (TSX: RE)
Rock Energy Inc. acquires, explores, and develops oil and gas properties. The company is currently producing oil and gas on its property located in Alberta, Canada.

Southern Pacific Resource Corp (TSX: STP)         
Southern Pacific Resource Corp is a junior oil and gas exploration company.

InterOil Corp (NYSE: IOC) 
InterOil Corporation is an integrated oil and gas company. The company produces jet fuel, diesel and gasoline for the domestic market and light naphtha and mixed naphtha for international markets. Interoil owns oil refinery, upstream petroleum exploration licenses and retail, and commercial distribution assets.

Exterran Holdings Inc (NYSE: EXH)           
Exterran Holdings Inc. is a holding company. The company, through its subsidiaries, provides natural gas compression services as well as provides service, fabrication and equipment for oil and natural gas production, processing and transportation applications.

VAALCO Energy Inc (NYSE: EGY) 
VAALCO Energy, Inc. acquires, explores, and develops crude oil and natural gas properties. The company owns producing properties and conducts exploration activities in the Philippines and Gabon, and has interest in the Texas Gulf Coast area.  VAALCO, through participation in a partnership, has additional international exploration interests in South and North America and Africa.

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