Oil & Gas most active: Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD), Transocean (NYSE:RIG), Halcon Resources Corp (NYSE:HK)

Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) (NYSE:BBD) is eyeing on long term growth and return on their loans; for that it has an agreement with the Brazilian oil company Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR). This oil company has taken a loan of a sum of $1.82 billion at the rate of interest of 9.5 percent tenure of the loan is for 17 years. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR)(NYSE:PBR) shares after opening at $13.83 moved to $13.85 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $13.73. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 0.64 and price to cash ratio as3.50. Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR)(NYSE:PBR) showed a positive weekly performance of 1.78%.

SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in January. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 52,894,252 shares, a decline of 6.5% from the March 14th total of 56,596,959 shares, American Banking News.com reports. Based on an average trading volume of 6,300,404 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 8.4 days. Currently, 14.6% of the company’s shares are short sold. Sand Ridge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD) shares fell -1.57% in last trading session and ended the day on $198.80. SD return on equity ratio is recorded as -59.50% and its return on assets is -14.30%. Sand Ridge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD) yearly performance is 43.06%.

Offshore drilling giant Transocean Ltd. (RIG) offered a fleet status report for the period commencing Mar 17, 2014 to date. The value of all the new deals and contract extensions in the same time frame is estimated at roughly $209.0 million.The update covers the company’s offshore drilling rig status along with contract information. The expected out-of-service time for 2014 has increased by roughly 105 days. Transocean projects the total out-of-service time for 2015 at 1,306 days. Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) shares moved up 4.13% in last trading session and was closed at $43.13, while trading in range of $ 41.23 – 43.48. Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) year to date (YTD) performance is -11.58%.

Barclays’ investment analysts have reiterated their “equal weight” rating for Halcon Resources Corp (NYSE:HK) in the note that was issued to investors. Currently, they have a price target of $5.00 on the stock. This price objective points to the potential downside of 4.03 percent from the previous close of the stock. Recently, numerous other analysts have also commented on the company stock. Analysts at the Canaccord Genuity firm reiterated their “hold” rating on HK shares in the research note to investors on Wednesday, 16 April. Currently, they have a PT of $4.75 on the stock. Halcon Resources Corp (NYSE:HK) weekly performance is 787%. On last trading day company shares ended up $5.41. Halcon Resources Corp (NYSE:HK) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 757%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $89789.

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