Market Currents

• Monday, December 14, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: XTO +19%. JAVA +10%. CLDX +9%. PWR +8%. CHK +7%. SIGA +6%. TER +6%. HK +6%. UPL +5%. LUV +5%. ANDS +5%. EOG +5%. SM +5%. DVN +4%. SD +4%. COG +4%. V +4%. TKC +4%. APC +4%. KWK +4%. TQNT +4%.
  Losers: AUO -6%. EBR -6%. C -3%. Comment!
• 08:36 AM Natural gas stocks higher premarket thanks to the ExxonMobil (XOM) / XTO Energy (XTO) deal. CHK +7.5%. DVN +4.1%. APC +4.1% Comment!

• Monday, November 2, 2009

• 16:23 PM Chesapeake Energy (CHK): Q3 EPS of $0.70 beats by $0.05. Revenue of $1.8B (-76%) vs. $2B. Shares -0.8% AH. (PR) 1 Comment
• 00:10 AM Notable post-market earnings: APC, AXS, CAR, CHK, FST, HL, KGC, MNKD, PFG, RSG, SM, VMC Comment!

• Thursday, September 17, 2009

• 13:36 PM A trade group representing 28 natural-gas companies, including Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Noble Energy (NBL) and Apache Corp. (APA), is in Washington today pressing legislators on the climate-change bill, which the group says unfairly favors fuels such as coal. The group's chairman, David Trice, plans a full-court press in the Senate. 1 Comment

• Thursday, August 6, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: RTK +161%. SXCI +27%. MBI +20%. CSIQ +19%. ABK +18%. FNM +18%. AIG +15%. AIB +14%. THOR +11%. GNW +11%. CIT +9%. CBEY +9%. CRIS +9%. UDR +9%. CYTR +8%. M +9%. BZ +7%. UN +7%. LYG +7%. PMI +6%. ETFC +6%. WEN +5%. FIG +5%. BCS +5%. KFN +5%. HIG +5%. BEAT +4%. SOL +4%. GPS +4%. DRL +4%. YGE +4%. CHK +4%. CETV +4%. TLAB +4%. BCE +4%. C +5%. ONNN +4%. LDK +4%. HBAN +4%. Comment!

• Monday, August 3, 2009

• 16:44 PM Chesapeake Energy (CHK): Q2 EPS of $0.62 beats by $0.11. Revenue of $1.7B vs. $1.9B. Shares +0.3% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday's close: APC, ARNA, ATML, AXS, CHK, CRK, CTX, EXR, FST, HOLX, PFG, PHM, STEC, VMC, WMS Comment!

• Sunday, May 17, 2009

• 10:10 AM A recent SEC filing attempts to give investors answers for apparent breaches in Chesapeake's (CHK) corporate governance. In reality, it probably makes things worse. Comment!

• Tuesday, May 5, 2009

• 09:00 AM Premarket gainers: ACAD +24%. MGM 16%. LVS +13%. XTXI +12%. AIG +11%. THC +10%. TKLC +9%. GERN +9%. EGLE +8%. ALKS +7%. FIG +6%. DRYS +6%. VRX +6%. AMLN +6%. YGE +6%. KFT +5%. CENX +5%. CTSH +5%. PCX +6%. CSIQ +5%. BZH +5%. NM +4%. EXM +4%. CDE +4%.
  Losers: BZ -21%. HOLX -20%. HLIT -15%. MYGN -14%. LM -11%. NMM -10%. PQ -10%. AXA -9%. PNX -8%. HEP -8%. ADM -7%. CHK -6%. DHI -5%. FITB -4%. RDN -5%. AKS -4%. AIB -4%. UL -4%. IRE -4%. KFN -4%. Comment!

• Monday, May 4, 2009

• 18:08 PM Chesapeake Energy (CHK): Q1 EPS of $0.46 misses by $0.02. Revenue of $2B (+23.8%) vs. $2.2B. Shares -7% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Monday's close: AFG, CHK, CRK, DHI, EOG, EXR, FST, HCN, HLS, HOLX, MCK, MYGN, PFG, PPS, QGEN, SBAC, SM, TXRH, VMC Comment!
• 00:10 AM Notable earnings after Monday's close: AFG, CHK, CRK, DHI, EOG, EXR, FST, HCN, HLS, HOLX, MCK, MYGN, PFG, PPS, QGEN, SBAC, SM, TXRH, VMC Comment!

• Thursday, February 19, 2009

• 09:28 AM Time to go overweight on energy, Bernstein says, suggesting investors focus on high beta stocks. "With the outlook for the energy space now being as grim as it can be... we believe there is limited downside to the beta energy names," firm says, upping CHK, TLM and RIG while downgrading XOM and OXY. Comment!

• Tuesday, February 17, 2009

• 16:14 PM Chesapeake Energy (CHK): Q4 EPS of $0.73 misses by $0.01. Revenue of $2.98B vs. $2.58B. Takes $1.8B impairment on asset values. Shares +1.5% AH. (PR) Comment!
• 15:10 PM Notable earnings after Tuesday's close: A, CHK, IO, UPL, WYNN Comment!