Natural Gas Stocks Higher on Hurricane Gustav Concerns (CHK, XCO, GDP, FST, SM, DVN, COG)

August 26, 2008 2:31 PM EDT

With natural gas trading up 6% today, on forecasts that show that Hurricane Gustav may enter the key Gulf of Mexico region, shares of many natural gas-related companies are higher.

Stocks: Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) +3%, EXCO Resources, Inc. (NYSE: XCO) +7%, Goodrich Petroleum (NYSE: GDP) +7%, Forest Oil Corp. (NYSE: FST) +3%, St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. (NYSE: SM) +2%, Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) +3.6%, United States Natural Gas (AMEX: UNG) +5.9%, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE: COG) +4%.


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CHK 15.99

-1.19 -6.93%
Volume: 7,940,516
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COG 27.21

-2.76 -9.21%
Volume: 614,380
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DVN 68.60

-3.74 -5.17%
Volume: 1,774,528
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FST 16.10

-1.35 -7.74%
Volume: 443,544
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GDP 33.65

-2.42 -6.71%
Volume: 277,480
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SM 18.78

-1.33 -6.61%
Volume: 165,478
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UNG 26.88

-0.07 -0.26%
Volume: 1,176,768
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XCO 6.91

-0.76 -9.91%
Volume: 529,571
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