Utilities stocks finished up 0.2% on Wall Street on Wednesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.5% higher and the S&P 500 increased 0.5%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- The Aes Corp (AES): AES stock is up 1.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Uil Holdings Corp (UIL): UIL stock is up 1.5% today.
- Terraform Power Inc. (TERP): TERP stock is up 1.1% today.
- Kinder Morgan (KMI): KMI stock is up 1.1% today.
- Dte Energy Company (DTE): DTE stock is up 0.9% today.
- Enbridge Inc (ENB): ENB stock is up 0.9% today.
- Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP): CQP stock is up 0.8% today.
- Dcp Midstream Partners LP (DPM): DPM stock is up 0.7% today.
- American Water Works (AWK): AWK stock is up 0.7% today.
- Spectra Energy Corp (SE): SE stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (CMLP): CMLP stock is down 1.0% today.
- Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD): EPD stock is down 0.9% today.
- Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ): WPZ stock is down 0.8% today.
- One Gas Inc. (OGS): OGS stock is down 0.7% today.
- Itc Holdings (ITC): ITC stock is down 0.6% today.
- Piedmont Natural Gas Company (PNY): PNY stock is down 0.4% today.
- Portland General Electric Company (POR): POR stock is down 0.4% today.
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PCG): PCG stock is down 0.3% today.
- South Jersey Industries (SJI): SJI stock is down 0.3% today.
- Oge Energy Corp (OGE): OGE stock is down 0.3% 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.
