The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) subsidiary – Dow AgroSciences – and Sigma-Aldrich Corporation have signed a manufacturing license and supply agreement, under which, Sigma-Aldrich will make zinc finger nuclease (:ZFN) reagents for use with EXZACT Precision Technology. The financial terms of the agreement were undisclosed. The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) shares moved up 1.81% in last trading session and was closed at $50.68, while trading in range of $49.76 – $50.74. The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) year to date (YTD) performance is 15.00%.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) ‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by Zacks in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday. They currently have a $82.00 target price on the stock. Zacks‘s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 4.51% from the stock’s previous close. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) shares fell -0.04% in last trading session and ended the day on $78.43. COP Gross Margin is 45.20% and its return on assets is 7.70%. ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) quarterly performance is 19.12%.
GASTAR EXPLORATION, INC. (NYSEMKT:GST) ‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by research analysts at KeyCorp in a report released on Wednesday. They currently have a $8.00 price target on the stock, up from their previous price target of $7.25. KeyCorp’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 6.24% from the stock’s previous close. GASTAR EXPLORATION, INC. (NYSEMKT:GST) net profit margin is 59.10% and weekly performance is 10.39%. On last trading day company shares ended up $7.65. Analysts mean target price for the company is $7.33. GASTAR EXPLORATION, INC. (NYSEMKT:GST) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 22.64%.
Tronox Ltd (NYSE:TROX) was a big mover last session, as the company saw its shares rise nearly 8% on the day. The move came on solid volume too with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This breaks the recent trend of the company, as the stock is now trading above the volatile price range of $22.69 to $25.82 in the past one-month time frame. Tronox Ltd (NYSE:TROX) shares moved up 0.95% in last trading session and was closed at $26.59, while trading in range of $26.30 – $26.69. Tronox Ltd (NYSE:TROX) year to date (YTD) performance is 17.71%.
On May 22, 2014, Hi-Crush Partners LP (NYSE:HCLP) celebrated the opening of its third production facility located near Whitehall, Wisconsin. The Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, and several local officials, including representatives from Independence, Wisconsin, and the Town of Lincoln, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony and community appreciation event. The Whitehall mine and processing facility is Hi-Crush`s third facility in Wisconsin, and is located on CN`s North American rail network. Hi-Crush Partners LP, or Hi-Crush Partners, an integrated producer, transporter, marketer and distributor of high-quality monocrystalline sand, recently announced the expansion of the capacity of the Whitehall facility to 2.6 million tons per year. Hi-Crush is the sponsor of Hi-Crush Partners. Hi-Crush Partners LP (NYSE:HCLP) ended the last trading day at $48.47. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.17% and price to cash ratio as 217.00. Hi-Crush Partners LP (NYSE:HCLP) showed a positive weekly performance of 7.81%.