Utilities stocks finished flat on Tuesday on Wall Street.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.8%, the Nasdaq fell 1.6% and the S&P 500 declined 0.8%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN): NWN stock is up 2.8% today.
- Piedmont Natural Gas Company (PNY): PNY stock is up 2.3% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP): CQP stock is up 1.7% today on 2 times normal volume.
- TCP Pipelines (TCP): TCP stock is up 1.3% today.
- Southwest Gas Corp (SWX): SWX stock is up 1.4% today.
- Itc Holdings (ITC): ITC stock is up 1.3% today.
- Enlink Midstream Partners LP (ENLK): ENLK stock is up 1.2% today.
- Portland General Electric Company (POR): POR stock is up 0.9% today.
- El Paso Electric Company (EE): EE stock is up 1.0% today.
- Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ): WPZ stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- The Aes Corp (AES): AES stock is down 1.7% today.
- Calpine Corp (CPN): CPN stock is down 1.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- NRG Energy (NRG): NRG stock is down 1.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP): BIP stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Sempra Energy (SRE): SRE stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Atlas Energy Llc (ATLS): ATLS stock is down 1.3% today on 4 times normal volume.
- Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE): HE stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- PPL Corp (PPL): PPL stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Firstenergy Corp (FE): FE stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Mge Energy Inc (MGEE): MGEE stock is down 0.5% today on 2 times normal volume.
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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.
