Utilities stocks rose 0.6% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.3%, the Nasdaq rose 0.3% and the S&P 500 increased 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- One Gas Inc. (OGS): OGS stock is up 1.8% to a new 52-week high of $37.84.
- Sempra Energy (SRE): SRE stock is up 1.4% today.
- American States Water Company (AWR): AWR stock is up 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Atmos Energy Corp (ATO): ATO stock is up 0.9% today.
- Oneok Inc (OKE): OKE stock is up 0.8% today.
- Transcananda Pipelines (TRP): TRP stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- South Jersey Industries (SJI): SJI stock is up 0.8% today.
- Kinder Morgan (KMI): KMI stock is up 0.8% today.
- Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD): EPD stock is up 0.8% today.
- Portland General Electric Company (POR): POR stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Allete Inc (ALE): ALE stock is down 0.7%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Ormat Technologies (ORA): ORA stock is down 0.4%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Otter Tail Corp (OTTR): OTTR stock is down 0.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (CMLP): CMLP stock is down 0.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is down 0.2% today.
- Southwest Gas Corp (SWX): SWX stock is down 0.2% today.
- Newjersey Resources Corp (NJR): NJR stock is down 0.1% 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.
