Utilities stocks advanced 1.1% on Wall Street on Tuesday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.5% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.6% and the S&P 500 climbed 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Firstenergy Corp (FE): FE stock is up 5.8% today.
- Exelon Corp (EXC): EXC stock is up 4.5% today.
- NRG Energy (NRG): NRG stock is up 3.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- American Electric Power Company (AEP): AEP stock is up 2.4% today.
- PPL Corp (PPL): PPL stock is up 1.9% today.
- The Aes Corp (AES): AES stock is up 1.7% today.
- Calpine Corp (CPN): CPN stock is up 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Empire District Electric Company (EDE): EDE stock is up 1.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Dynegy Inc (DYN): DYN stock is up 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- El Paso Electric Company (EE): EE stock is up 1.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Korea Electric Power Corp (KEP): KEP stock is down 3.4% today.
- Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is down 3.0% today.
- Comp En De Mn Cemig Ads (CIG): CIG stock is down 2.6% today.
- Centrais Elc Braz Pfb B Elbras (EBR): EBR stock is down 1.0% today.
- Enbridge Inc (ENB): ENB stock is down 0.9% today.
- Empresa Nacional De Electricidad S.A. (EOC): EOC stock is down 1.2% today.
- Ormat Technologies (ORA): ORA stock is down 0.8% today.
- Dcp Midstream Partners LP (DPM): DPM stock is down 0.7% today.
- Transcananda Pipelines (TRP): TRP stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Trident Performance Group (TCP): TCP 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.
