Utilities stocks rose broadly 0.3% on Wall Street on Friday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.4%, the Nasdaq was down 0.5% and the S&P 500 declined 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- American Electric Power Company (AEP): AEP stock is up 0.9% to a new 52-week high of $52.80.
- El Paso Electric Company (EE): EE stock is up 0.6% today.
- Sempra Energy (SRE): SRE stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Dte Energy Company (DTE): DTE stock is up 1.0% to a new 52-week high of $77.91.
- Idacorp Inc (IDA): IDA stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Itc Holdings (ITC): ITC stock is up 0.7% today.
- Empire District Electric Company (EDE): EDE stock is up 0.7% today.
- National Grid Transco Plc (NGG): NGG stock is up 0.7% today.
- Nextera Energy (NEE): NEE stock is up 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Wisconsin Energy Corp (WEC): WEC stock is up 0.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Companhia Paranaense De Energia (ELP): ELP stock is down 4.8% today.
- Korea Electric Power Corp (KEP): KEP stock is down 4.0% today.
- Cia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado (SBS): SBS stock is down 3.1% today.
- Centrais Elc Braz Pfb B Elbras (EBR): EBR stock is down 1.7% today and down 38.3% in the last month.
- Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is down 1.5% today.
- Ormat Technologies (ORA): ORA stock is down 1.0% today.
- Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. (BWP): BWP stock is down 1.0% today and down 21.8% in the last month.
- Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD): EPD stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (KMP): KMP stock is down 1.0% today.
- Cpfl Energia S.A. (CPL): CPL stock is down 0.9% today.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
