Biggest Movers in Utilities Stocks Now – EBR ELP NWN TCP

by Portfolio Grader | May 5, 2014 12:00 pm

Utilities stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Monday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%, the Nasdaq was down 0.5% and the S&P 500 fell 0.6%.

Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:

• Centrais Elc Braz Pfb B Elbras (EBR[1]): EBR stock is up 6.6% today.

• Companhia Paranaense De Energia (ELP[2]): ELP stock is up 1.8% today.

• Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN[3]): NWN stock is up 1.0% today.

• Trident Performance Group (TCP[4]): TCP stock is up 0.9% today.

• Targa Resources (TRGP[5]): TRGP stock is up 0.9% today.

• Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PEG[6]): PEG stock is up 1.1% today.

• El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (EPB[7]): EPB stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Northeast Utilities (NU[8]): NU stock is up 1.0% today.

• Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP[9]): SEP stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Dynegy Inc (DYN[10]): DYN stock is up 1.1% today and up 20.4% in the last month.

Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:

• Cia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado (SBS[11]): SBS stock is down 2.0% today.

• Markwest Energy Partners LP (MWE[12]): MWE stock is down 2.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Mdu Res Group Inc (MDU[13]): MDU stock is down 1.0% today.

• Atlas Energy Llc (ATLS[14]): ATLS stock is down 1.0% today.

• Ormat Technologies (ORA[15]): ORA stock is down 1.1% today.

• Enlink Midstream Partners LP (ENLK[16]): ENLK stock is down 1.1% today.

• Oge Energy Corp (OGE[17]): OGE stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Transcananda Pipelines (TRP[18]): TRP stock is down 0.8% today.

• Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP[19]): CQP stock is down 0.7% today.

• Portland General Electric Company (POR[20]): POR stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

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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