Utilities stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.5%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.8% higher, the Nasdaq was up 0.8% and the S&P 500 rose 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Centrais Elc Braz Pfb B Elbras (EBR): EBR stock is up 9.5% today.
- Cia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado (SBS): SBS stock is up 4.1% today.
- Cpfl Energia S.A. (CPL): CPL stock is up 3.5% today.
- Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE): ETE stock is up 2.9% today.
- Korea Electric Power Corp (KEP): KEP stock is up 2.4% today.
- National Grid Transco Plc (NGG): NGG stock is up 2.3% today.
- Companhia Paranaense De Energia (ELP): ELP stock is up 2.0% today.
- Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is up 1.7% today.
- Kinder Morgan (KMI): KMI stock is up 1.4% today.
- Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. (BWP): BWP stock is up 1.2% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- WGL Holdings Inc (WGL): WGL stock is down 0.5% today.
- Dynegy Inc (DYN): DYN stock is down 0.2% today.
- Southwest Gas Corp (SWX): SWX stock is down 0.1% today.
- Cleco Power Llc (CNL): CNL stock is down 0.2% 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.
