Utilities stocks rose 0.7% on Wall Street today.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.3%, the Nasdaq remained flat and the S&P 500 pushed 0.3% higher.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Ormat Technologies (ORA): ORA stock is up 2.1% today.
- El Paso Electric Company (EE): EE stock is up 1.9% today.
- The Aes Corp (AES): AES stock is up 1.7%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP): CQP stock is up 1.5% today.
- Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE): HE stock is up 1.4% today.
- Firstenergy Corp (FE): FE stock is up 1.3% today.
- Empire District Electric Company (EDE): EDE stock is up 1.0% today.
- National Fuel Gas Company (NFG): NFG stock is up 1.0% today.
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP): BIP stock is up 1.0% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- South Jersey Industries (SJI): SJI stock is down 0.8% today.
- Markwest Energy Partners LP (MWE): MWE stock is down 0.6% today.
- Uil Holdings Corp (UIL): UIL stock is down 0.5% today.
- Agl Resources (GAS): GAS stock is down 0.3% today.
- Newjersey Resources Corp (NJR): NJR stock is down 0.3% today.
- Ameren Corp (AEE): AEE stock is down 0.3% today.
- Sempra Energy (SRE): SRE stock is down 0.3% today.
- Potomac Electric Power Company (POM): POM stock is down 0.2% today.
- PNM Resources Inc (PNM): PNM stock is down 0.2% today.
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PCG): PCG stock is down 0.2% 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.
