Oil Stocks In News: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT)

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) saw some unusual options trading on Tuesday. Stock traders acquired 28,888 call options on the stock, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) shares after opening at $67.42 moved to $68.12 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $68.10. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.44 and price to cash ratio as 12.89. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) showed a positive weekly performance of 2.36%.

BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday, allowing the energy concern back into the Gulf of Mexico. BP has been banned from drilling in the gulf since 2012, after failing to completely correct the problems that resulted in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) shares fell -0.21% in last trading session and ended the day on $47.56. BP return on equity ratio is recorded as 18.10% and its return on assets is 7.60%. BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) yearly performance is 22.89%.

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of January. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 16,160,030 shares, a growth of 16.6% from the February 14th total of 13,863,028 shares, American Banking and Market News reports. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) shares moved up 1.02% in last trading session and was closed at $116.24 while trading in range of $115.20- $116.56 – Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) year to date (YTD) performance is -6.11%.

Total SA (NYSE:TOT) was upgraded by investment analysts at UBS AG from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a note issued to investors on Friday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) weekly performance is 2.77%. On last trading day company shares ended up $65.73. Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 8.29%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $63.82.

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