Utilities stocks rose broadly on Wall Street so far on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 1.1%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.8%, the Nasdaq climbed 0.4% and the S&P 500 increased 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Ormat Technologies (ORA): ORA stock is up 4.4% today.
- Centrais Elc Braz Pfb B Elbras (EBR): EBR stock is up 2.5% today.
- Companhia Paranaense De Energia (ELP): ELP stock is up 3.6% today.
- Cia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado (SBS): SBS stock is up 3.3% today.
- Northwestern Corp (NWE): NWE stock is up 2.6% today.
- Cpfl Energia S.A. (CPL): CPL stock is up 2.1% today.
- WGL Holdings Inc (WGL): WGL stock is up 2.4% today.
- Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN): NWN stock is up 2.3% today.
- Exelon Corp (EXC): EXC stock is up 2.2% today.
- American States Water Company (AWR): AWR stock is up 2.3% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is down 3.0% today.
- Targa Resources (TRGP): TRGP stock is down 2.4% today.
- Markwest Energy Partners LP (MWE): MWE stock is down 0.9% today.
- Korea Electric Power Corp (KEP): KEP stock is down 0.6% today.
- Terraform Power Inc. (TERP): TERP stock is down 0.2% today.
- Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP): CQP stock is down 0.4% today.
- Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ): WPZ stock is down 0.2% today.
- Kinder Morgan (KMI): KMI stock is down 0.2% today.
- Dynegy Inc (DYN): DYN stock is down 0.3% 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.
