Utilities stocks finished up 0.3% on Wall Street on Thursday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed the same, the Nasdaq was steady and the S&P 500 was unchanged.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Oge Energy Corp (OGE): OGE stock is up 0.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Exterran Partners L.P. (EXLP): EXLP stock is up 0.9% today.
- Uil Holdings Corp (UIL): UIL stock is up 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PEG): PEG stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Ormat Technologies (ORA): ORA stock is up 0.8% today.
- Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP): CQP stock is up 0.6% today.
- PPL Corp (PPL): PPL stock is up 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Atlas Energy Llc (ATLS): ATLS stock is up 0.5% today.
- Mdu Res Group Inc (MDU): MDU stock is up 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Empire District Electric Company (EDE): EDE stock is up 0.5% to a new 52-week high of $25.32.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (EPB): EPB stock is down 1.2% today.
- Empresa Nacional De Electricidad S.A. (EOC): EOC stock is down 1.1% today.
- Trident Performance Group (TCP): TCP stock is down 1.0% today.
- Dynegy Inc (DYN): DYN stock is down 0.7% today.
- Itc Holdings (ITC): ITC stock is down 0.7% today.
- Idacorp Inc (IDA): IDA stock is down 0.6% today.
- Calpine Corp (CPN): CPN stock is down 0.6% today.
- WGL Holdings Inc (WGL): WGL stock is down 0.6% today.
- NRG Energy (NRG): NRG stock is down 0.4% today.
- Avista Corp (AVA): AVA stock is down 0.4% 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.
