Utilities stocks advanced 1.5% on Wall Street so far on Wednesday.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.2% higher, the Nasdaq rose 0.2% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.2% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:

• Xcel Energy Inc (XEL): XEL stock is up 1.9% today.

• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PCG): PCG stock is up 1.6% today.

• Firstenergy Corp (FE): FE stock is up 1.6% today.

• American Electric Power Company (AEP): AEP stock is up 1.8% today.

• Exelon Corp (EXC): EXC stock is up 2.4% today.

• Public Service Enterprise Group Inc (PEG): PEG stock is up 1.7% today.

• Entergy Corp (ETR): ETR stock is up 1.7% today.

• Southern Company (SO): SO stock is up 1.5% today.

• Dynegy Inc (DYN): DYN stock is up 2.5% today.

• Northeast Utilities (NU): NU stock is up 1.5% today.

Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:

• Targa Resources (TRGP): TRGP stock is down 0.1% today.

• Oneok Inc (OKE): OKE stock is down 1.0% today.

• Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. (BWP): BWP stock is down 0.8% today.

• Oneok Partners L.P. (OKS): OKS stock is down 0.4% today.

• Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ): WPZ stock is down 0.4% today.

• Exterran Partners L.P. (EXLP): EXLP stock is down 1.9% today.

• Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (CMLP): CMLP stock is down 0.5% today.

• Transalta Corp (TAC): TAC stock is down 0.5% today.

• Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE): ETE stock is down 0.6% 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.