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June 01, 2023
Against the current: Markets slid, yet Korea Electric Power Corporation, Edison International, Avangrid, Inc. went up and made this list of yesterday's top utilities stocks gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US declined as S&P 500 closed at 4,179.83, a 0.61% change. Nasdaq was down 0.63% before closing the session at 12,935.
Amid the market gloom, United States JOLTs Job Openings (Apr) released yesterday at 14:00 UTC with a figure of 10.10 million, while the previous figure was 9.74 million.
Even though markets fell yesterday, some utilities stocks were bullish. Have a look at these Top Gainers from yesterday's session:
Edison International | Closed +2.74% at $67.52
The electricity supplier rallied 2.74% and maintained $67.52.
+2.09%: Avangrid gains 2.09%; sets session high of $37.73
Avangrid rallied 2.09% and ended the session at $37.53. The energy services business's market cap currently stands at $14.51 billion with an average daily volume of 622,764 shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 32.82%.
+3.42%: yesterday Korea Electric Power increased by 3.42%, ended the session at $7.26
The South Korean electric utility provider topped out at $7.27 having ended yesterday at $7.26. However, despite early momentum, the stock gave up its gains to now trade at $7.26. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $9.32 billion with an average daily trading volume of 196,230 shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 26.23%.
