Against the current: Markets slid, yet Exelon Corp, Ormat Technologies, Inc., Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. went up and made this list of yesterday's top utilities stocks gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US declined as S&P 500 was down 1.79% before closing the session at 3,999. Dow Jones lost 1.4% and ended the session at 33,947.
Meanwhile, United States ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Nov) released yesterday at 15:00 UTC with a figure of 56.5, while the previous figure was 54.4.
Despite markets falling yesterday, some utilities stocks managed to go up. Have a look at these top gainers.
Exelon | +0.72% at $41.75
An influx of buyers helped the energy and utility services provider to end the session higher around $41.75, while establishing a $41.07 to $41.79 session range yesterday. The day's trading volume totalled 6.22 million shares — slightly under the 21-day average of 8.28 million.
Brookfield Renewable | +0.28% at $29.09
Brookfield Renewable spiked to $29.36 yesterday and consolidated before initiating a fresh rally to $29.09. This comes following Friday's session in which it closed at $29. The day's trading volume totalled 353,660 shares — slightly below the 21-day average of 359,972.
Ormat Technologies, Inc. | +0.41% at $91.37
Ormat Technologies, Inc. recovered from the previous trading session's losses and went up to $91.37 yesterday after it traded lower at $89.82. The day's trading volume totalled 346,791 shares — under the 21-day average of 755,488.