Hottest Utilities Stocks Now – ETR LNG NGG ORA

by Portfolio Grader | April 15, 2014 10:15 am

Utilities stocks advanced broadly 0.6% on Wall Street on Tuesday morning.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6%, the Nasdaq increased 0.8% and the S&P 500 was up 0.6%.

Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:

• Entergy Corp (ETR[1]): ETR stock is up 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Cheniere Energy (LNG[2]): LNG stock is up 1.7% today.

• National Grid Transco Plc (NGG[3]): NGG stock is up 1.4% today.

• Ormat Technologies (ORA[4]): ORA stock is up 1.3% today.

• Exelon Corp (EXC[5]): EXC stock is up 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Targa Resources (TRGP[6]): TRGP stock is up 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP[7]): BIP stock is up 1.1% today.

• Black Hills Corp (BKH[8]): BKH stock is up 0.8% today.

• Dynegy Inc (DYN[9]): DYN stock is up 1.0% today.

• Calpine Corp (CPN[10]): CPN stock is up 1.0% today.

Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:

• Cia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado (SBS[11]): SBS stock is down 2.3% today.

• Comp En De Mn Cemig Ads (CIG[12]): CIG stock is down 1.8% today and down 27.8% in the last month.

• Cpfl Energia S.A. (CPL[13]): CPL stock is down 1.0% today.

• Enersis S A (ENI[14]): ENI stock is down 0.7% today.

• Companhia Paranaense De Energia (ELP[15]): ELP stock is down 0.6% today and down 34.1% in the last month.

• Transcananda Pipelines (TRP[16]): TRP stock is down 0.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Enlink Midstream Partners LP (ENLK[17]): ENLK stock is down 0.4% today.

• Trident Performance Group (TCP[18]): TCP stock is down 0.4% today.

• Transalta Corp (TAC[19]): TAC stock is down 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Covanta Holding Corp (CVA[20]): CVA stock is down 0.4% today.

For more information on the best stocks to buy[21] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[22].

And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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