Devon (DVN) (NOV) (VQ) (KOG) (VLO) Trade Mixed as Energy Falls

Shares of Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN), National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV), Venoco Inc. (NYSE:VQ), Kodiak Oil & Gas (Amex:KOG) and Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) traded mixed on Thursday as oil and gas were down on the day.

Benchmark crude for June delivery fell $1.63 to settle at $98.93 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Brent crude oil for July delivery was down 23 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $112.07.

June, heating oil fell 1.12 cents to settle at $2.8947 a gallon, gasoline dropped 2.95 cents to $2.926 a gallon and natural gas fell 10.5 cents to $4.161 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Linn Energy, LLC (LINE) closed Thursday at $38.35, gaining $0.33, or 0.87 percent. Lufkin Industries, Inc. (LUFK) ended the session at $85.06, up $1.81, or 2.17 percent.

Devon Energy (DVN) closed Thursday at $82.53, dropping $0.48, or 0.58 percent. National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV) closed at $67.93, gaining $0.19, or 0.28 percent.