Oil and gas stocks as a whole are higher while the market is selling off. MLPS are slightly lower as a group with the index is down .42 or .17% so its near the flat line for practical purposes. Markwest is higher by 40 cents is the biggest winner. Hiland LP and Teppco are both down about 1. Fractional losers include Oneok LP, Alliance Resource and a few others. Most of the losses are 20 cents or less.

Dow down 88 points...lets see what happens when Mr Paulson is done speaking.