Utilities stocks finished up 2.3% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 1.7% higher, the Nasdaq was up 1.9% and the S&P 500 climbed 1.7%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Southwest Gas Corp (SWX): SWX stock is up 3.7% today.
- Otter Tail Corp (OTTR): OTTR stock is up 3.2% today.
- American States Water Company (AWR): AWR stock is up 3.3% today.
- One Gas Inc. (OGS): OGS stock is up 2.9% today.
- California Water Service Group Holding (CWT): CWT stock is up 2.9% today.
- Black Hills Corp (BKH): BKH stock is up 2.9% today.
- Uil Holdings Corp (UIL): UIL stock is up 2.8% today.
- Dominion Resources (D): D stock is up 2.8%, marking the ninth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE): HE stock is up 2.7% today.
- Avista Corp (AVA): AVA stock is up 2.7%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. (BWP): BWP stock is down 2.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- The Aes Corp (AES): AES stock is down 1.3% today.
- Oneok Partners L.P. (OKS): OKS stock is down 1.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Transalta Corp (TAC): TAC stock is down 1.0% today.
- Dcp Midstream Partners LP (DPM): DPM stock is down 0.7%, marking the sixth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Trident Performance Group (TCP): TCP stock is down 0.8% 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.
