NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement said Friday it has launched an investigation into the fire on the Mariner Energy Vermillion 380 Platform. We are all relieved that the 13 personnel on the p... [more]

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Energy stocks rose with the broad market on Friday, after a better-than-expected monthly jobs report. The NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index rose 1.2% to 516. The NYSE Arca Oil Index rose 1.2% to 988. The Philadelphia Oil Service... [more]

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold lost some steam and oil held steady as a report showed pending home sales climbing 5.2% in July. Gold for December delivery was up $2.70, or 0.2%, to $1,250.90 an ounce; it was adding $4 before the data. Oil for Oc... [more]

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of petroleum producers rose slightly on Thursday, while natural gas producers fell. The NYSE Arca Oil Index rose 0.2% to 965. The NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index fell 0.3% to 504. The Philadelphia Oil Service Index tra... [more]

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Oil prices lapsed mildly lower Thursday, reversing course from an earlier rise, as the commodity continued a recent trend of tracking moves in the equities market. Benchmark crude for October delivery was recently off 63 cen... [more]

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong shares advanced early Thursday as strong overnight gains on Wall Street and in crude-oil prices boosted local financial and resource-sector stocks. The Hang Seng Index rose 1.4% to 20,917.19, and the Hang Seng Chi... [more]

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday announced that it has entered a joint development agreement with Hynix Semiconductor Inc. related to a new, faster and more energy-efficient chip technology, called memristor. In a statemen... [more]

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Canadian markets reversed course Tuesday, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index dropping 13 points, or 0.1%, to 11,882 in recent trading weighed down by consumer staples and energy stocks. The S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staple... [more]

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Energy stocks added to their losses for the month of August on Tuesday. The NYSE Arca Oil Index dropped 0.7% to 922. The Philadelphia Oil Service Index dropped 1.3% to 174. The NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index dropped 0.7% to ... [more]

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Deere & Co. [s; de] said Tuesday it would sell its John Deere Renewables unit, including wind farms, to Exelon Corp. in a deal valued at $900 million. Exelon said it's expanding its role in the wind generation business by a... [more]