Discover which stocks outperformed yesterday's bearish market

Against the current: Markets slid, yet Edison International, NextEra Energy, Eversource Energy went up and made this list of yesterday's top utilities stocks gainers.

Leading equity indices in the US declined as Nasdaq lost 0.68% and ended the session at 13,700. After dropping 0.37%, S&P 500 closed at 4,409.59.

Even though markets fell yesterday, some utilities stocks were bullish. Have a look at these Top Gainers from yesterday's session:

NextEra Energy | Closed +1.65% at $75.59

NextEra Energy rallies 1.65% to close at $75.59 yesterday.

+2%: Edison International ended yesterday at $70.18, a 2% increase

Edison International rose $1.38 to close at $70.18 yesterday which makes for a move of 2%. Edison International's market cap is currently $26.88 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1.69 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the S&P by 1.35%.

+1.51%: solid session for Eversource Energy generates 1.51% gain yesterday

Eversource rose $1.08 to close at $72.08 yesterday which makes for a move of 1.51%. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $25.14 billion with an average daily volume of 2.30 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the S&P 500 by 25.33%.