Utilities stocks declined 0.2% on Wall Street on Thursday morning.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.5%, the Nasdaq declined 0.8% and the S&P 500 was down 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Cia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado (SBS): SBS stock is up 3.1% today.
- Comp En De Mn Cemig Ads (CIG): CIG stock is up 2.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Huaneng Power Intl (HNP): HNP stock is up 2.2% today.
- Cpfl Energia S.A. (CPL): CPL stock is up 2.1% today.
- Companhia Paranaense De Energia (ELP): ELP stock is up 1.9% today.
- TCP Pipelines (TCP): TCP stock is up 1.2% today.
- Energy Transfer Partners (ETP): ETP stock is up 0.7% today.
- Piedmont Natural Gas Company (PNY): PNY stock is up 0.5% today.
- South Jersey Industries (SJI): SJI stock is up 0.8% today.
- Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN): NWN stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Targa Resources (TRGP): TRGP stock is down 2.2% today.
- Kinder Morgan (KMI): KMI stock is down 1.8% today.
- Western Gas Partners LP (WES): WES stock is down 1.5% today.
- Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP): CQP stock is down 1.5%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Centrais Elc Braz Pfb B Elbras (EBR): EBR stock is down 1.4% today.
- NRG Energy (NRG): NRG stock is down 1.4% today.
- Mdu Res Group Inc (MDU): MDU stock is down 1.0% today.
- Terraform Power Inc. (TERP): TERP stock is down 1.4% today.
- Cheniere Energy (LNG): LNG stock is down 0.8% today.
- Pinnacle West Capital Corp (PNW): PNW stock is down 0.9% 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.
