'Goldilocks' Market Bullish for Oil Stocks

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Higher crude prices and a bullish analyst call gave shares of a trio of oil companies a lift on Tuesday. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude oil for January delivery rose nearly 2% to $99.52 a barrel, rebounding on fears about escalating tensions in Iran after Monday's down day. In addition, Deutsche Bank raised its ratings on Hess, Murphy Oil and Marathon Oil