Find which stocks outperformed despite yesterday's bearish mood

Against the current: Markets slid, yet Korea Electric Power Corporation, PG&E Corporation, Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. went up and made this list of yesterday's top utilities stocks gainers.

Leading equity indices in the US declined as after dropping 1.08%, Dow Jones closed at 33,700. S&P 500 shed 1.16% and closed at 4,119.58.

While price action maintains a negative bias, United States JOLTs Job Openings (Mar) released yesterday at 14:00 UTC with a figure of 9.59 million, while the previous figure was 9.97 million.

Despite markets falling yesterday, some utilities stocks managed to post gains. Have a look at these Top Gainers.

Pacific Gas & Electric | Closed +0.35% at $17.26

PG&E Corporation ended Monday at $17.2. yesterday it went up to $17.33 only to drop back, yet still managed to close at $17.26.

Pacific Gas & Electric is scheduled to announce earnings results tomorrow. The consensus Earnings Per Share estimate is 0.3 and the consensus revenue estimate is $5.33 billion.

+1.43%: Korea Electric Power ended yesterday at $7.09, a 1.43% increase

The South Korean electric utility provider went up to $7.09, gaining 1.43%. Korea Electric Power's market cap is currently $9.10 billion with an average daily volume of 205,021 shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 22.62%.

+0.24%: Algonquin Power & Utilities appreciates 0.24% with $8.48 as the high of the day

After dipping down to $8.29, Algonquin Power & Utilities regained earlier losses and reached $8.47. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $5.83 billion with an average daily trading volume of 5.96 million shares. So far this year, it has been beating the Nasdaq by 12.06%.