Utilities stocks finished up 0.4% on Wall Street on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, the Nasdaq was down 0.4% and the S&P 500 declined 0.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Cpfl Energia S.A. (CPL): CPL stock is up 2.3% today.
- Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP): CQP stock is up 1.6% today.
- Dynegy Inc (DYN): DYN stock is up 1.2% today.
- California Water Service Group Holding (CWT): CWT stock is up 1.1% today.
- Centrais Elc Braz Pfb B Elbras (EBR): EBR stock is up 1.1% today.
- Wisconsin Energy Corp (WEC): WEC stock is up 1.0% today.
- Integrys Energy Group (TEG): TEG stock is up 0.9% today.
- Avista Corp (AVA): AVA stock is up 0.9% today.
- National Fuel Gas Company (NFG): NFG stock is up 0.9% today.
- Enbridge Inc (ENB): ENB stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- NiSource Inc (NI): NI stock is down 1.2% today.
- Spectra Energy Corp (SE): SE stock is down 0.9% today.
- Cleco Power Llc (CNL): CNL stock is down 0.8% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Oneok Inc (OKE): OKE stock is down 0.7% today.
- NRG Energy (NRG): NRG stock is down 0.7% today.
- Newjersey Resources Corp (NJR): NJR stock is down 0.6% today.
- Exterran Partners L.P. (EXLP): EXLP stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- One Gas Inc. (OGS): OGS stock is down 0.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ): WPZ stock is down 0.6% today.
- Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE): ETE stock is down 0.4%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
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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.
