Utilities stocks rose 0.6% on Wall Street on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.1%, the Nasdaq rose 1.0% and the S&P 500 pushed 1.1% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Abengoa Yield Plc (ABY): ABY stock is up 3.1% today.
- Empresa Nacional De Electricidad S.A. (EOC): EOC stock is up 2.5% today.
- Cia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado (SBS): SBS stock is up 2.2% today.
- Cpfl Energia S.A. (CPL): CPL stock is up 2.1% today.
- Otter Tail Corp (OTTR): OTTR stock is up 1.6% today.
- Vectren Corp (VVC): VVC stock is up 1.5% today.
- Great Plains Energy Inc (GXP): GXP stock is up 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Spectra Energy Corp (SE): SE stock is up 1.2% today.
- American Electric Power Company (AEP): AEP stock is up 1.1% today.
- Alliant Energy Corp (LNT): LNT stock is up 1.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP): SEP stock is down 1.0% today.
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP): BIP stock is down 0.9% today on 3 times normal volume.
- Atlas Energy Llc (ATLS): ATLS stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Terraform Power Inc. (TERP): TERP stock is down 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE): HE stock is down 0.3% today.
- Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD): EPD stock is down 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Dcp Midstream Partners LP (DPM): DPM stock is down 0.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Trident Performance Group (TCP): TCP stock is down 0.1% today.
- National Fuel Gas Company (NFG): NFG stock is down 0.1% 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.
