Utilities stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street today, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.5%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.9%, the Nasdaq declined 1.3% and the S&P 500 fell 0.9%.

Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:

• Mdu Res Group Inc (MDU): MDU stock is up 1.9% today.

• Dcp Midstream Partners LP (DPM): DPM stock is up 1.9% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ): WPZ stock is up 1.3% today.

• Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN): NWN stock is up 1.4% today.

• Southwest Gas Corp (SWX): SWX stock is up 1.1% today.

• Avista Corp (AVA): AVA stock is up 1.2% today.

• Kinder Morgan (KMI): KMI stock is up 1.2% today.

• Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE): ETE stock is up 1.1% today.

• Western Gas Partners LP (WES): WES stock is up 1.1% today.

• Oneok Inc (OKE): OKE stock is up 0.9% today.

Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:

• Calpine Corp (CPN): CPN stock is down 2.2% today.

• Ormat Technologies (ORA): ORA stock is down 1.3% today.

• Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP): CQP stock is down 1.2% today.

• Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP): BIP stock is down 1.2% today.

• Edison International (EIX): EIX stock is down 0.9% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD): EPD stock is down 0.9% today.

• Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP): CNP stock is down 0.8% today.

• Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is down 0.5% today.

• Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE): HE stock is down 0.4% today.

• One Gas Inc. (OGS): OGS stock is down 0.4% 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.