Volume Spike Investor

Small and mid-cap names in the oil patch are getting hit hard this morning, with crude now below $70 and the broad market down more than 2% percent. Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: WLL) stands out, down about 9% on unusually high volume compared to a typical morning, as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern. And shallow-water drilling [...]

Shares of Rex Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: REXX) saw a flood of trading volume for this stock in after-hours. Shares were up 4.8% at $28.35 on last look late in after-hours trading on more than an extra 60,000 shares since the close. This traded over 615,000 shares today and it normally trades about 340,000 shares on [...]