Utilities stocks rose 0.6% on Wall Street on Friday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.2%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.4% higher and the S&P 500 rose 0.2%.
Some of the biggest gainers among utilities stocks include:
- Atmos Energy Corp (ATO): ATO stock is up 1.3% today.
- Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN): NWN stock is up 1.3% today.
- Mge Energy Inc (MGEE): MGEE stock is up 1.3% today.
- Portland General Electric Company (POR): POR stock is up 1.1% today.
- Ameren Corp (AEE): AEE stock is up 1.1% today.
- Enersis S A (ENI): ENI stock is up 1.0% today.
- Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP): CNP stock is up 1.0% today.
- Uil Holdings Corp (UIL): UIL stock is up 1.0% today.
- Dte Energy Company (DTE): DTE stock is up 0.9% today.
- Duke Energy Corp (DUK): DUK stock is up 0.9% today.
Some of the biggest losers among utilities stocks include:
- NRG Energy (NRG): NRG stock is down 1.9% today.
- Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ): WPZ stock is down 1.5% today.
- Cheniere Energy (LNG): LNG stock is down 0.9% today.
- Oneok Partners L.P. (OKS): OKS stock is down 1.0% today.
- Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD): EPD stock is down 0.6% today.
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP (BIP): BIP stock is down 0.6% today.
- Spectra Energy Partners LP (SEP): SEP stock is down 0.6% today.
- Western Gas Partners LP (WES): WES stock is down 0.5% today.
- Exelon Corp (EXC): EXC stock is down 0.3% today.
- Firstenergy Corp (FE): FE 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.
