Utilities stocks advanced 0.7% on Wall Street so far on Wednesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%, the Nasdaq declined 0.2% and the S&P 500 was up 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE): ETE stock is up 3.2% today.
- Avista Corp (AVA): AVA stock is up 2.7% to a new 52-week high of $32.48.
- Newjersey Resources Corp (NJR): NJR stock is up 2.2% today.
- Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is up 1.7% today.
- Atlas Energy Llc (ATLS): ATLS stock is up 1.2% today.
- Firstenergy Corp (FE): FE stock is up 1.7% today.
- NRG Energy (NRG): NRG stock is up 1.5% to a new 52-week high of $34.73.
- Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE): HE stock is up 1.5% today.
- Aqua America (WTR): WTR stock is up 1.5% today.
- American Water Works (AWK): AWK stock is up 1.2% to a new 52-week high of $46.74.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Enersis S A (ENI): ENI stock is down 2.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- American States Water Company (AWR): AWR stock is down 1.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Western Gas Partners LP (WES): WES stock is down 1.7% today.
- Exterran Partners L.P. (EXLP): EXLP stock is down 1.6% today.
- Empresa Nacional De Electricidad S.A. (EOC): EOC stock is down 1.2%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Spectra Energy Corp (SE): SE stock is down 1.2% today.
- Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP): SEP stock is down 0.7% today.
- Markwest Energy Partners LP (MWE): MWE stock is down 0.9% today.
- American Electric Power Company (AEP): AEP stock is down 0.3% today.
- Centrais Elc Braz Pfb B Elbras (EBR): EBR stock is down 0.3% 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.
