The goodwill generated by the company's second-quarter results is still affecting investor sentiment.Investors were energetically bullish about energy stock APA (APA 7.52%) on Wednesday. They were cheered by the company's latest dividend declaration, not to mention an analyst's price-target raise. These factors pushed APA stock well higher; it closed the day well in the black with a 7.5% improvement. That was several orders of magnitude higher than the S&P 500 index's 0.3% advance. A payout and a price-targ ...