Utilities stocks advanced 0.3% on Wall Street so far on Thursday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2%, the Nasdaq remained flat and the S&P 500 fell 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Centrais Elc Braz Pfb B Elbras (EBR): EBR stock is up 2.0% today.
- Cpfl Energia S.A. (CPL): CPL stock is up 2.2% today.
- Comp En De Mn Cemig Ads (CIG): CIG stock is up 0.7%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Pinnacle West Capital Corp (PNW): PNW stock is up 0.9% today.
- Firstenergy Corp (FE): FE stock is up 0.9% today.
- Xcel Energy Inc (XEL): XEL stock is up 0.8% today.
- Great Plains Energy Inc (GXP): GXP stock is up 0.8% today.
- Dte Energy Company (DTE): DTE stock is up 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- American States Water Company (AWR): AWR stock is up 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PEG): PEG stock is up 0.6% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is down 1.9% today.
- Atlas Energy Llc (ATLS): ATLS stock is down 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. (BWP): BWP stock is down 1.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Terraform Power Inc. (TERP): TERP stock is down 1.2% today.
- Markwest Energy Partners LP (MWE): MWE stock is down 1.0% today.
- Targa Resources (TRGP): TRGP stock is down 0.9% today.
- Kinder Morgan (KMI): KMI stock is down 0.9% today.
- El Paso Pipeline Partners LP (EPB): EPB stock is down 0.9% today.
- Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP): SEP stock is down 0.8% today.
- Spectra Energy Corp (SE): SE stock is down 0.7% 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.
