Cobalt International Energy, Inc (NYSE:CIE) moved up after it found oil at a second well off the coast of Angola. Cobalt International Energy is the offshore oil explorer supported by Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE:GS).

Be alerted when Harry posts an article. Facebook · Twitter. The stock market had a very sloppy day on Tuesday, but there were still a lot of stocks to the upside.

ERF, EXLP, LPLA, PPR, WTI Dividend Stocks Update. 7/31/2012 9:02:17 PM. Enerplus Corp. (NYSE:ERF) has declared a new dividend of $0.09 .

The stock market indices had a difficult session, especially the blue chips. Apple Inc. (AAPL) was a standout today, up nearly 16 points, which certainly helped the Nasdaq 100 eke out a fractional gain.

The S&P 500 lost 0.7% while the Energy sector (XLE) showed little movement during trading today. The ETF, as a proxy for the sector, tracked closer to the overall market today than over the past month.

Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

W&T Offshore (NYS: WTI) reported earnings on July 30. Here are the numbers you need to know. The 10-second takeaway. For the quarter ended June 30 (Q2), W&T Offshore met expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

China denounces EU airline carbon law, seeks talks. BEIJING/HONG KONG - China reiterated its opposition on Thursday to a European Union plan to limit airline carbon dioxide emissions and called for talks to resolve the issue a day after its major ...

A number of companies released their quarterly earnings results today, as reported by Analyst Ratings Network (http://bit.ly/arndailye) and Equity Briefing: PartnerRe (NYSE: PRE) announced its earnings results on Monday.

The following table lists the 92 U.S. companies that reported quarterly earnings today (end date of the quarter is noted in the last column).