Hottest Utilities Stocks Now – NWN PNY BKH BIP
by Portfolio Grader | May 27, 2014 5:00 pm
Utilities stocks finished up 0.8% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.6% higher, the Nasdaq climbed 1.2% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.6% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN[1]): NWN stock is up 1.5% to a new 52-week high of $45.19.
- Piedmont Natural Gas Company (PNY[2]): PNY stock is up 1.3% today.
- Black Hills Corp (BKH[3]): BKH stock is up 1.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP[4]): BIP stock is up 1.3% to a new 52-week high of $41.95.
- One Gas Inc. (OGS[5]): OGS stock is up 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Avista Corp (AVA[6]): AVA stock is up 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Allete Inc (ALE[7]): ALE stock is up 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Vectren Corp (VVC[8]): VVC stock is up 1.0% today.
- WGL Holdings Inc (WGL[9]): WGL stock is up 0.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Mdu Res Group Inc (MDU[10]): MDU stock is down 0.7% today.
- Spectra Energy Corp (SE[11]): SE stock is down 0.7% today.
- NiSource Inc (NI[12]): NI stock is down 0.7% today.
- Potomac Electric Power Company (POM[13]): POM stock is down 0.6% today and down 25.9% in the last month.
- El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (EPB[14]): EPB stock is down 0.6% today.
- Atmos Energy Corp (ATO[15]): ATO stock is down 0.5% today.
- American Water Works (AWK[16]): AWK stock is down 0.4% today.
- Cheniere Energy (LNG[17]): LNG stock is down 0.4% today.
- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (KMP[18]): KMP stock is down 0.3% today.
- Cms Energy Corp (CMS[19]): CMS stock is down 0.2% 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.
Endnotes:
- NWN: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NWN
- PNY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PNY
- BKH: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BKH
- BIP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BIP
- OGS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=OGS
- AVA: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AVA
- ALE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ALE
- VVC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=VVC
- WGL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=WGL
- MDU: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=MDU
- SE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SE
- NI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NI
- POM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=POM
- EPB: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EPB
- ATO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ATO
- AWK: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AWK
- LNG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=LNG
- KMP: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KMP
- CMS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CMS
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