Forest Oil is drawing upside option activity after raising its production outlook earlier this week.
McMoRan Exploration rallied on a major oil discovery in January, only to fall back to earth in the last two months. Now the bulls are back.
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MarkWest Energy is up nearly 17 percent and has attracted the attention of options traders. Traders have been buying calls for the last week in natural gas company, which is near its highs of the session at $11.10 at midday. The January 10 calls are trading at $1.20.
Linn Energy is up more than 17 percent Monday and seeing heavy options activity after a favorable article published this weekend. More than 4,000 calls traded this morning at the January 15 strike price, eight times the 20-day average volume for all put and call contracts daily.
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The purchase price includes 23.6 million shares and $740 million in cash. Houston Exploration shareholders will receive 0.84 of a Forest share and $26.25 in cash for each share of Houston Exploration they own.
Stocks in the U.S. for now look set for a firmer open on what promises to be a busy day in the markets and a busy day on CNBC. Our correspondents are at major conferences across the U.S. Phil Lebeau is at the auto show in Detroit, where the industry is unveiling new products. Jim Goldman is bringing us the latest tech gadgets from the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas....