Brigham Exploration Company (BEXP) announced results for one of its wells in the Bakken Shale today, prompting a 7% gain in its share price and securing a spot on the Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers List.

< ?DART(15);?> In addition to this company-specific news, BEXP is also getting a hand from an improving outlook for oil stocks as oil prices have finally broken out of its trading range.

Brigham Exploration is an independent exploration, development and production company that utilizes advanced exploration, drilling and completion technologies to systematically explore for, develop and produce domestic onshore oil and natural gas reserves.

It's 1 of 3 companies from the Oil-U.S. Exploration & Production industry on today's Zacks #1 Rank List, which includes 215 stocks in total. The other 2 names are Linn Energy, LLC (LINE) and Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP).

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Big Lots, Inc. (BIG) recently surprised on estimates for the third consecutive quarter even as it saw a slight decline in sales.

Big Lots is a closeout retailer which sells a broad range of products including seasonal items, furniture, housewares, toys, electronics, home decor and tools. It has been benefiting from customers seeking value in their purchases during the recession.

On Aug 25, the company reported that earnings per share were 35 cents which surprised on the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 12.90%, or 4 cents. It also surpassed the 32 cents reported in the second quarter of 2008.

Sales fell by 1.7% to $1.086 million from $1.105 million in the year ago quarter. Comparable store sales were also lower, decreasing 2.4% for the quarter.

Fiscal 2009 Guidance Raised

Given that the company continues to surprise on estimates, it also continues to raise its fiscal 2009 guidance range. Big

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Warren Resources, Inc. (WRES) is a top-performing Zacks #1 Rank company for Friday with shares that have advanced approximately 12%.

< ?DART(15);?> WRES is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration and development of domestic oil and natural gas reserves. It is part of the oil-U.S. exploration & production industry, which is very well represented in today's Zacks #1 Rank List.

The 8 other companies on this list are Arena Resources, Inc. (ARD), Brigham Exploration Company (BEXP), Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (CRZO), Concho Resources Inc. (CXO), EV Energy Partners, L.P. (EVEP), Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP), Stone Energy Corporation (SGY) and Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (VNR).

Volume for WRES today is at 1.15 million shares, well above the daily average of around 370,000.

Earnings Estimates

Earnings Estimates for WRES have been trending steadily

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Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the world’s largest company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, today reported revenue of $421 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of 7 percent from $455 million in the second quarter of 2008. Revenue decreased 2 percent from the second quarter of 2008, when adjusted for 5 percentage points of negative impact from currency fluctuation.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today reported net income attributable to NASDAQ OMX of $69 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2009 compared with net income attributable to NASDAQ

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