Thursday Sector Leaders: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production, Non-Precious Metals & Non-Metallic Mining Stocks

In trading on Thursday, oil & gas exploration & production shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.2%. Leading the group were shares of Goodrich Petroleum (GDP), up about 7.3% and shares of Energy XXI (EXXI) up about 6.7% on the day.