Utilities stocks finished up 0.5% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady, the Nasdaq declined 0.6% and the S&P 500 stayed consistent.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (CMLP): CMLP stock is up 1.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is up 1.5% today.
- Transalta Corp (TAC): TAC stock is up 1.0% today.
- American Electric Power Company (AEP): AEP stock is up 0.9% today.
- Teco Energy (TE): TE stock is up 0.9% today.
- Southern Company (SO): SO stock is up 0.9% today.
- Atmos Energy Corp (ATO): ATO stock is up 0.9% today.
- Wisconsin Energy Corp (WEC): WEC stock is up 0.8% today.
- Integrys Energy Group (TEG): TEG stock is up 0.8% today.
- Cms Energy Corp (CMS): CMS stock is up 0.8% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (EPB): EPB stock is down 0.8% today.
- Mge Energy Inc (MGEE): MGEE stock is down 0.4% today.
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PCG): PCG stock is down 0.4% today.
- South Jersey Industries (SJI): SJI stock is down 0.4% today.
- Otter Tail Corp (OTTR): OTTR stock is down 0.4% today.
- Cleco Power Llc (CNL): CNL stock is down 0.3% today.
- Western Gas Partners LP (WES): WES stock is down 0.3% today.
- Black Hills Corp (BKH): BKH stock is down 0.1% today.
- Piedmont Natural Gas Company (PNY): PNY 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.
