Thursday Sector Laggards: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production, Rental, Leasing, & Royalty Stocks

In trading on Thursday, oil & gas exploration & production shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 0.9%.  Helping drag down the group were shares of Magnum Hunter Resources (MHR), off about 10.3% and shares of EV Energy Partners (EVEP) off about 9.7% on the day.