Utilities stocks rose 0.2% on Wall Street on Thursday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.3% higher, the Nasdaq climbed 0.2% and the S&P 500 increased 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (CMLP): CMLP stock is up 0.9% today.
- Northwestern Corp (NWE): NWE stock is up 0.9% today.
- Empire District Electric Company (EDE): EDE stock is up 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Mge Energy Inc (MGEE): MGEE stock is up 0.7% today.
- Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PEG): PEG stock is up 0.7% today.
- Pinnacle West Capital Corp (PNW): PNW stock is up 0.6% today.
- Idacorp Inc (IDA): IDA stock is up 0.6% today.
- Cheniere Energy (LNG): LNG stock is up 0.5% today.
- Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE): HE stock is up 0.5% today.
- Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN): NWN stock is up 0.4% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Abengoa Yield Plc (ABY): ABY stock is down 1.7% today.
- Cia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado (SBS): SBS stock is down 1.1% today.
- Edison International (EIX): EIX stock is down 0.7% today.
- Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. (BWP): BWP stock is down 0.4% today.
- Mdu Res Group Inc (MDU): MDU stock is down 0.4% today.
- NiSource Inc (NI): NI stock is down 0.3% today.
- South Jersey Industries (SJI): SJI stock is down 0.2% today.
- Enbridge Inc (ENB): ENB stock is down 0.2% today.
- Wisconsin Energy Corp (WEC): WEC stock is down 0.2% today.
- Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP): CNP 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.
