BUZZ-Oil producers: Stocks gain as oil prices near $50/barrel
(Corrects Hess Corp ticker symbol in 4th bullet to HES.N from MRO.N)
** Oil and gas producers' shares up as Brent oil inches towards $50 per barrel after the West's energy watchdog forecast the market sell-off would end
** U.S.-listed shares of BP Plc up 4.6 pct, of Total (Swiss: FP.SW - news) SA up 2 pct, of Eni SpA (NYSE: E - news) up 2.2 pct
** U.S.-listed shares of Royal Dutch Shell Plc (Xetra: R6C1.DE - news) up 1.4 pct, of Petrobras up 4 pct, of Suncor Energy Inc (Toronto: SU.TO - news) up 3.8 pct
** Exxon Mobil Corp up 1.7 pct, Chevron Corp up 1.5 pct, ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP - news) up 1.8 pct, Marathon Oil Corp up 4 pct, Anadarko Petroleum Corp up 3.7 pct, Hess Corp up 4 pct
** Biggest gainers of the day include: Goodrich Petroleum (NYSE: GDP - news) Corp up 12.5 pct, Bonanza Creek Energy Inc (NYSE: BCEI - news) up 9.4 pct, Superior Energy Services Inc (NYSE: SPN - news) up 7.7 pct, Newfield Exploration Co (NYSE: NFX - news) up 8.2 pct