Hottest Utilities Stocks Now – ORA WES WPZ OKS

by Portfolio Grader | April 21, 2014 5:00 pm

Utilities stocks declined broadly 0.1% on Wall Street today.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%, the Nasdaq increased 0.7% and the S&P 500 rose 0.3%.

Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:

• Ormat Technologies (ORA[1]): ORA stock is up 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Western Gas Partners LP (WES[2]): WES stock is up 1.3% today.

• Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ[3]): WPZ stock is up 1.2% today.

• Oneok Partners L.P. (OKS[4]): OKS stock is up 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD[5]): EPD stock is up 1.1% to a new 52-week high of $73.74.

• Energy Transfer Partners (ETP[6]): ETP stock is up 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Markwest Energy Partners LP (MWE[7]): MWE stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• El Paso Electric Company (EE[8]): EE stock is up 0.7% today.

• Covanta Holding Corp (CVA[9]): CVA stock is up 0.6% today.

• Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP[10]): SEP stock is up 0.6%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:

• Uil Holdings Corp (UIL[11]): UIL stock is down 1.1% today.

• Enersis S A (ENI[12]): ENI stock is down 1.0% today.

• Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP[13]): CNP stock is down 0.9% today.

• Ameren Corp (AEE[14]): AEE stock is down 0.8% today.

• Vectren Corp (VVC[15]): VVC stock is down 0.6% today.

• PPL Corp (PPL[16]): PPL stock is down 0.6% today.

• NiSource Inc (NI[17]): NI stock is down 0.6% today.

• Dte Energy Company (DTE[18]): DTE stock is down 0.6% today.

• Integrys Energy Group (TEG[19]): TEG stock is down 0.6% today.

• Comp En De Mn Cemig Ads (CIG[20]): CIG stock is down 0.6% today and down 21.0% in the last month.

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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