Utilities stocks finished up 0.2% on Wall Street today.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3%, the Nasdaq stayed consistent and the S&P 500 climbed 0.3%.

Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:

• Entergy Corp (ETR): ETR stock is up 1.6% today.

• Vectren Corp (VVC): VVC stock is up 1.1% today.

• Mdu Res Group Inc (MDU): MDU stock is up 1.0%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Oneok Partners L.P. (OKS): OKS stock is up 1.0% today.

• Dynegy Inc (DYN): DYN stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Northeast Utilities (NU): NU stock is up 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Great Plains Energy Inc (GXP): GXP stock is up 0.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Oge Energy Corp (OGE): OGE stock is up 0.7% today.

• Enersis S A (ENI): ENI stock is up 0.7% today.

• Potomac Electric Power Company (POM): POM stock is up 0.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:

• Cia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado (SBS): SBS stock is down 1.4% today.

• Laclede Group (LG): LG stock is down 0.4% today.

• Northwestern Corp (NWE): NWE stock is down 0.3% today.

• Cheniere Energy (LNG): LNG stock is down 0.2% today.

• Wisconsin Energy Corp (WEC): WEC stock is down 0.2% today.

• Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE): ETE stock is down 0.2% today.

• Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN): NWN stock is down 0.2% today.

• Avista Corp (AVA): AVA stock is down 0.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• NiSource Inc (NI): NI 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.