up 30% con conco gained and anadarko gained. the refiners have been killing it here. what about going forward what are the best energy stocks according to the power rankings? and yes, we will keep you up on the power rankings just like they do on the nfl my favorite here is marathon pete when we spoke to ceo gary hemming, he expect his company made a fortune a few months later marathon announced it was an endeavor. making marathon the largest refiner in america and that is huge, people while wall street was skeptical, they have come around. because this industry is on fire the deal closed two weeks ago. and marathon is the undisputed king of the refiners and we will hear more about the newly combined business of marathon's investment day in december you should buy this stock ahead of it. at a time when oil is trending higher, you want to own the largest refiner in america it sells for ten times the earnings ten times the numbers. that is pretty cheap which should come up because marathon is benefitting from this refinery lands locked oil that it buys and the low price

anadarko complection while the local population were more likely to have. despite their different origins it does appear that these migrant women assimilated quickly and were well integrated in the new society. how medicine far we haven't found much that is different or exotic in the way that these women were buried and if nothing that would suggest that they came from far away which leads us to believe that they were well integrated into the society and had adopted the local rites and customs. the early middle ages were a time of great mobility for many including the migrants from southeastern europe be elongated skull show that bavaria was a melting pot with in most cases a peaceful confluence of different peoples. you'll find other members of our species in every corner of the planet including the arctic. but the garbage reproduce is even more mobile than we are. the apparently pristine nature here is not nearly as untouched as it appears. it was only recently that researches found life forms under the ice sheet of the north pole christie sions deep wate

anadarko on the losing end of the game at this hour. 55 minutes left before the bell. of course, while questions concerning the killing of the saudi columnist jamal khashoggi continue to swirl around at this hour, we now have this thrown into the mix. saudi arabia's energy minister rejecting suggestions that it would restrict global oil supply in response to international pressure over the death of khashoggi, saying quote, there is no intention of instigating a repetition of the 1973 oil embargo, oil shock, when saudi arabia and its allies cut off all oil supplies to the united states and oil prices spiked. yet, just eight days ago, the total opposite message from the general manager of state-owned saudi newschannel al arabia who warned the u.s. would quote, stab its own economy to death and oil prices would soar to $200 a barrel if washington imposes sanctions over the murder and completely disastrous story that has still not been confirmed that the saudis are coming up with as to what happened to that saudi critic who was a columnist for "the washington post." the en

one platform, does not expect any effect on production, but we've got hess, royal dutch shell and anadarkoing they will take action as necessary. the storm is now expected, you know, this morning they were saying category one? it's now expected to strike as a category three with dangerous storm surge, flooding and destructive winds. we'll bring you the very latest as we see this storm progress. got some turbulence in the markets at this hour. we've seen, check this, nearly 250-point swing from low to high on the dow jones industrials which right now is up 46 points at this hour after crossing the unchanged line 27 times. gotta be more than that, i don't know. around 27, 28 times. the s&p 500 battling, clawing to get back into positive territory. it's there by just one point at the moment. as the nas tag remains -- nasdaq remains on pace to close lower, it's nearly 100 points off session lows. at its worst it was done 183 points. -- down 183. tech's been having a rough go of it today although trying to climb back at the moment. are investors seeing the last few days of selling as a buying o

since mid august, now tracking for the worst month since july, 2016 among the names leading lower, anadarkoil, down more than 20% from recent highs. back downtown to you guys. >> thank you keeping an eye on energy trade. >>> later today on "closing bell" facebook earnings. we are all over it the stock down sharply since the last report when it shocked the street, predicting growth would slow and the ceo of tapestry, an earnings winner. >> a big afternoon. >>> apple's new product launch continues. we'll get live coverage from that event and analysis. the s&p going green for the year, but dow gains t mocualst in half. "squawk alley" is up next. life was tough in cuba in the 60's. my mom was fired from her job, so she started making cakes to support us. the first account that we opened was with bank of america. since then, we have grown exponentially. to me, food is love. and i think food brings people together. everything in life is about giving back. you're only as good as what you leave behind, when you leave this world. ♪ >>> i am incredibly excited today to introduce an all new mac book a

valero, hess, anadarko sinking between 15% and 18% in october ahead of chevron and exxon earnings onriday, any sign boris, anything to like in this group here >> yeah, i mean, i think basically they have gotten better because they have had lackluster earnings, litigation risks, capital expenses. a lot of the numbers are priced into the market at this point and the defensiveness is attractive because, for example, chevron and exxon are yielding more than 3% at this point and with higher crude, they should print better numbers going forward. in addition, exxon has an interesting catalyst they have a find that could be 75% of the current flow rate looking forward, if you basically assume that energy is not a secular short, we are going to be using oil going forward, both of these companies should bounce quite nicely going forward i think. >> craig, boris mentioned the defensive nature of big oil. of course, some energy stocks are more aggressive. is that something that you think is suited for this tape right now? >> mike, absolutely i 100% agree with boris on that i think what a lot of