Utilities stocks rose 0.2% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.7%, the Nasdaq fell 1.1% and the S&P 500 declined 0.7%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Cheniere Energy (LNG): LNG stock is up 1.1% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Portland General Electric Company (POR): POR stock is up 0.8%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- American Electric Power Company (AEP): AEP stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Pinnacle West Capital Corp (PNW): PNW stock is up 0.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- WGL Holdings Inc (WGL): WGL stock is up 0.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Firstenergy Corp (FE): FE stock is up 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Atmos Energy Corp (ATO): ATO stock is up 0.4% today.
- PNM Resources Inc (PNM): PNM stock is up 0.3%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Nextera Energy (NEE): NEE stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Cms Energy Corp (CMS): CMS stock is up 0.5%, marking the fourth 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 4.0% today.
- Markwest Energy Partners LP (MWE): MWE stock is down 3.1% today.
- Ormat Technologies (ORA): ORA stock is down 2.8% today.
- Covanta Holding Corp (CVA): CVA stock is down 3.0% today.
- Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is down 2.1% today.
- Transalta Corp (TAC): TAC stock is down 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Sempra Energy (SRE): SRE stock is down 2.2% today.
- Spectra Energy Corp (SE): SE stock is down 2.2% today.
- Calpine Corp (CPN): CPN stock is down 2.1% today.
- Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP): CQP stock is down 1.8% 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.
