Utilities stocks rose 0.6% on Wall Street on Wednesday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.7%, the Nasdaq fell 0.5% and the S&P 500 declined 0.7%.

Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:

• Empresa Nacional De Electricidad S.A. (EOC): EOC stock is up 1.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Consolidated Edison Company of New York (ED): ED stock is up 1.4% today.

• Duke Energy Corp (DUK): DUK stock is up 1.4% today.

• PPL Corp (PPL): PPL stock is up 1.3% today.

• Entergy Corp (ETR): ETR stock is up 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Nextera Energy (NEE): NEE stock is up 1.1% today.

• The Aes Corp (AES): AES stock is up 0.9%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Great Plains Energy Inc (GXP): GXP stock is up 0.8% today.

• Teco Energy (TE): TE stock is up 0.8% today.

• American Electric Power Company (AEP): AEP stock is up 0.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:

• Atlas Energy Llc (ATLS): ATLS stock is down 3.1% today.

• Cheniere Energy (LNG): LNG stock is down 3.0% today.

• Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP): CQP stock is down 2.8% today.

• Markwest Energy Partners LP (MWE): MWE stock is down 2.5% today.

• Transcananda Pipelines (TRP): TRP stock is down 1.9% today.

• Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE): ETE stock is down 1.8% today.

• Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP): CNP stock is down 1.5% today.

• Ormat Technologies (ORA): ORA stock is down 1.7% today.

• Energy Transfer Partners (ETP): ETP stock is down 1.3% today.

• Spectra Energy Corp (SE): SE stock is down 1.2% 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.