Utilities stocks rose 0.1% on Wall Street on Tuesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.3%, the Nasdaq was down 2.6% and the S&P 500 declined 1.3%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE): ETE stock is up 2.4% today.
- Oge Energy Corp (OGE): OGE stock is up 0.9% today.
- Targa Resources (TRGP): TRGP stock is up 0.8% today.
- Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP): CNP stock is up 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE): HE stock is up 0.6% today.
- WGL Holdings Inc (WGL): WGL stock is up 0.5% today.
- Dte Energy Company (DTE): DTE stock is up 0.4% today.
- Kinder Morgan (KMI): KMI stock is up 0.4% today.
- Southern Company (SO): SO stock is up 0.4% today.
- Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (CMLP): CMLP stock is up 0.3% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP): SEP stock is down 0.9% today.
- NRG Energy (NRG): NRG stock is down 0.8% today.
- Oneok Inc (OKE): OKE stock is down 0.8% today.
- Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN): NWN stock is down 0.8% today.
- Western Gas Partners LP (WES): WES stock is down 0.7% today.
- El Paso Electric Company (EE): EE stock is down 0.7% today.
- Portland General Electric Company (POR): POR stock is down 0.7% today.
- Otter Tail Corp (OTTR): OTTR stock is down 0.7% today.
- Mge Energy Inc (MGEE): MGEE stock is down 0.6% today.
- Atmos Energy Corp (ATO): ATO 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.
