Centrais Electricas Brasileiras is yesterday's top mover after gaining 3.96%
Markets did not have a clear cut direction — Nasdaq slipped 0.18% and closed at 11,300. S&P 500 closed at 4,016.22 after a flat day.
Today's muted price action is occurring amid mixed market indicators – following a previous reading of 8.41 million, Crude Oil Inventories in United States released yesterday at 15:30 UTC fell short of the 971,000 figure expected by analysts with an actual reading of 533,000.
Assets that recorded the greatest percentage change in relation to their peers are designated as "Top Movers" with 's most active utilities stocks listed below.
Centrais Electricas Brasileiras | Closed +3.96% at $8.4
This year has been a bright one for the Brazilian electric utilities company after trading as low as $6.25 and going on to appreciate by 11.14% year to date. So far this year, it has performed better than the Nasdaq by 2.97%. Centrais Electricas Brasileiras is currently trading with a market cap of $19.29 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1.34 million shares.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia levels up 2.2% in yesterday's session; traders eye opening bell in 5 hours time
Pronounced bullish sentiment in the market helped the Brazilian utilities giant to make a notable 2.2% gain yesterday, rising 16 cents and ultimately closing at $7.43. Companhia Paranaense de Energia's market cap currently stands at $20.33 billion with an average daily volume of 473,758 shares. So far this year, it has been outperforming the Nasdaq by 0.18%.
NextEra Energy | Closed down 8.71% at $76.59 yesterday
NextEra Energy traded at $76.59 after making its biggest single-day drop of $7.31 (8.71%) since January 2022. The US electricity supplier now trading 10.6% above its 3-month low of $68.51. So far this year, it has been under-performing the S&P by 4.7%. The company has a market cap of $152.20 billion with an average daily volume of 5.34 million shares.