Discover which stocks shrugged off bearish market sentiment to outperform

Against the current: Markets are down, yet New Fortress Energy Inc., Atmos Energy Corp, Korea Electric Power Corporation go up and make this list of top gainers.

The leading indices are currently lower — Dow Jones trades at 33,164 after losing 0.75%. S&P 500 slipping 0.36% and closing at 4,076.

This down-slide takes place while United States macroeconomics indicators data published earlier are pointing downward as well — Initial Jobless Claims in United States fell short of market expectations (240,000) with a reading of 242,000, continuing the decline from the previous figure of 229,000.

Markets are falling this session, but some utilities stocks are registering gains. Take a look at today's positive market movers.

Atmos Energy | +4.34% in mid-session

After closing yesterday at $112.91, the natural-gas-only distributor went up to $118.18 only to drop back some of the way, and is now trading at $117.81.

Following the release of quarterly results, Atmos Energy trades at $117.81.

Korea Electric Power | +2.63% in mid-session

After closing yesterday at $7.03, South Korea's largest electric utility company went up to $7.22 only to drop back some of the way, and is now trading at $7.21.

New Fortress Energy | +7.4% in mid-session

Despite closing yesterday at $27.77 and then climbing as high as $30.88 today, New Fortress Energy has given up a sizeable portion of its gains to now trade at $29.82.