Utilities stocks declined broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday morning, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.3%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.1%, the Nasdaq declined 0.2% and the S&P 500 fell 0.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Markwest Energy Partners LP (MWE): MWE stock is up 6.2% today.
- Ormat Technologies (ORA): ORA stock is up 2.3% today.
- Ameren Corp (AEE): AEE stock is up 2.2% today.
- American Water Works (AWK): AWK stock is up 2.3% today.
- Cheniere Energy (LNG): LNG stock is up 1.4% today.
- Dcp Midstream Partners LP (DPM): DPM stock is up 0.8% today.
- Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE): ETE stock is up 1.0% today.
- TCP Pipelines (TCP): TCP stock is up 0.8% today.
- Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ): WPZ stock is up 0.5% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Dynegy Inc (DYN): DYN stock is down 2.6% today.
- Centrais Elc Braz Pfb B Elbras (EBR): EBR stock is down 1.6% today.
- Cia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado (SBS): SBS stock is down 2.1% today.
- Comp En De Mn Cemig Ads (CIG): CIG stock is down 1.4% today.
- Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (CMLP): CMLP stock is down 1.7% today.
- Cpfl Energia S.A. (CPL): CPL stock is down 1.3% today.
- Dominion Resources (D): D stock is down 1.1% today.
- Oneok Inc (OKE): OKE stock is down 1.0% today.
- Mge Energy Inc (MGEE): MGEE stock is down 1.1% today.
- Nextera Energy (NEE): NEE stock is down 1.1% 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.
