Alpha Natural Resources Rises 7.25% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - 22 mins ago
Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $4.60 to a high of $5.08. Yesterday, the shares gained 7.3%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $4.77 on volume of 18.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
Look for Shares of Alpha Natural Resources to Potentially Pullback after Yesterday's 7.25% Rise
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - 23 mins ago
Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $4.60 to a high of $5.08. Yesterday, the shares gained 7.3%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $4.77 on volume of 18.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
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Arch Coal, Alpha, Peabody Up On Consol's Coal Outlook
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Apr 08, 11:42AM CDT
Shares of coal producers Alpha Natural Resources (ANR), Arch Coal (ACI) and Peabody Energy (BTU) posted gains Tuesday after Consol Energy (CNX) raised its coal production outlook late Monday. Consol raised its annual coal production guidance range of...
Hot Stock: Alpha Natural Resources, Shares Gain 8.6% (ANR)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Apr 08, 11:41AM CDT
Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:ANR) is one of today's best performing low-priced stocks, up 8.6% to $4.94 on 1.2x average daily volume. Alpha Natural Resources has traded 12.3 million shares thus far today, vs. average volume of 10.4 million shares per day. The stock has outperformed the Dow (8.6% to the Dow's 0.2%) and outperformed the S&P 500 (8.6% to the S&P's 0.4%) during today's trading.
Why Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) Stock Is Up Today
at The Street - Tue Apr 08, 10:25AM CDT
Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) shares continued to rally, up 10.6% to $5.03 in trading Tuesday.
BHP Billiton Is Bullish on Coal Long Term...If It Matters
Mark Holder, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 07, 12:17PM CDT
More signs continue to emerge that coal has a much brighter future than most in the U.S. understand. Most recently, the coal head of BHP Billiton forecast a robust demand future for the commodity. Most importantly, the executive forecasts that...
Why Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) Stock Is ClimbingToday
at The Street - Fri Apr 04, 11:43AM CDT
Shares of Alpha Natural Resources (ANR) continue to climb Friday after statements from BHP's (BHP) coal division head earlier in the week.
5 Stocks Under $10 Set to Soar
at The Street - Thu Apr 03, 1:08PM CDT
These under-$10 stocks look ready to trade higher from current levels.
1 Metric That Should Terrify Investors in These 3 Coal Stocks
Tyler Crowe, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 03, 11:25AM CDT
Being an investor in Alpha Natural Resources , Arch Coal , and Walter Energy has been nothing but discouraging for the past couple of years. ANR data. Source: YCharts . However, all three have gone from just discouraging to...
Why Long-Term Fundamentals Don't Matter for These Coal Miners Right Now
Vladimir Zernov, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Apr 03, 8:48AM CDT
BHP Billiton's coal segment president Dean Dalla Valle recently stated that oversupply is likely to pressure coal prices for some time. Meanwhile, he is optimistic about the future of coal, as demand will continue to grow over the years. However,...
Active Stocks Highlight -- Research on Alpha Natural Resources, Salesforce.com, Las Vegas Sands, and Walt Disney
PR Newswire - Tue Apr 01, 8:11AM CDT
The trading session on Monday, March 31, 2014 ended on a positive note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 16,457.66, up 0.82% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,198.99, up 1.04%. The S&P 500 finished the session 0.79% higher at 1,872.34. The gains were broad based as nine out of ten sectors finished higher. Investor-Edge looks at some of the equities which attracted the most attention and traded the most shares during the session. These include Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) and The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS). Free technical research on ANR, CRM, LVS and DIS can be downloaded upon signing up at:
Why Investors Shouldn't Abandon Duke Energy Corp
Joseph Wilborn, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 31, 11:18AM CDT
Recently, a North Carolina judge ruled that Duke Energy must clean up its coal ash spill -- the third largest in state history -- which contaminated the Dan River. Investors should rightly consider how this might affect the company and its...
The 1 Piece of Data Coal Companies Have Been Dying to Hear Isn't As Promising As They Hoped
Tyler Crowe, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Mar 28, 9:20AM CDT
Coal companies have been continually citing one data point they believe will lead to a turnaround in the coal markets: Inventories at power generation facilities are at historical lows and, today, are equivalent to less than two months' worth of...
Did Ontario put another Nail in Coal's Coffin?
Reuben Brewer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 27, 12:06PM CDT
Former U.S. vice president Al Gore was on hand late last year for the announcement from Ontario, Canada's premier Kathleen Wynne that the province was going coal free. There were cheers all around, but not in the coal industry. The big question to...
Blood in the Streets: Is It Time to Buy Coal Stocks?
Peter Epstein, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 27, 11:12AM CDT
Fundamentals in the coal sector have been challenged for the past few years. Global oversupply of thermal coal, used for electricity generation, has kept a lid on coal prices. Only slowly is the higher-cost coal supply being curtailed. However, in...
Will Other Coal Miners Follow Walter Energy's Path?
Vladimir Zernov, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 27, 9:19AM CDT
Met coal miners find themselves under tremendous pressure this year, as market oversupply continues to weigh on met coal prices. The impact of prolonged met coal price softness is especially severe for the met coal producer Walter Energy , which is...
Coal: In Search of Lower Cost Export Routes to China
Celan Bryant, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 27, 7:48AM CDT
The primary competition to coal is natural gas, which emits roughly half the carbon per unit of energy that coal does. The shift to burning gas instead of coal was swift as the term "coal substitution" became a new corporate buzzword associated with...
Bleak Outlook for Iron Ore, Coal Stocks
at The Street - Thu Mar 27, 5:55AM CDT
The outlook for coal and iron ore producers is bleak amid a backdrop of rising oversupply and concerns around Chinese growth. That's the assessment from several brokers and fund managers that have slashed their ratings on key energy stocks in the...
Are Coal Miners Holding a Fire Sale?
Reuben Brewer, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Mar 26, 9:00AM CDT
Arch Coal bought a big metallurgical coal business at peak prices, saddling it with debt. Management has been open about the burden in a weak coal market. So far, it has cut its dividend and sold non-core assets. It's not alone in the industry. At...