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May 10, 2023
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. – Eletrobrás, NRG Energy Inc, Vistra Corp. made today's list of top gainers.
Markets closed higher today, as Nasdaq gained 1.04% and closed at 12,300. S&P 500 ended the session at 4,137.64 after a 0.45% gain.
Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as data for United States Crude Oil Inventories published today at 14:30 UTC came out at 2.95 million, beating projections of -917,000 and showing improvement over the preceding figure of -1.28 million.
Today was an exciting day for markets with several utilities stocks capitalising on the risk-on mood. Have a look at these Top Gainers:
+2.72%: NRG Energy gains 2.72%; sets session high of $32.28
After ending yesterday at $31.3, NRG Energy Inc spiked to $32.28 today, dropped back to starting point range, and rallied again to $32.15. NRG Energy's market cap currently stands at $7.40 billion with an average daily volume of 3.90 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the S&P by 9.55%.
NRG reported earnings results Thursday; with EPS at 0.86, these results are ambiguous when compared to a consensus of 0.9 Earnings Per Share. Since the release of its earnings report, NRG lost 3.86%.
Centrais Electricas Brasileiras | Up 3.87% to $7.24 today
Centrais Electricas Brasileiras gained 27 cents and closed above the $seven level for the first time in 3 weeks. Centrais Electricas Brasileiras hit a significant low of $5.75 around a month ago, but has since recovered 21.22%. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 18.85%. Currently, the hydroelectric power generation company has a market capitalization of $17.21 billion with an average daily volume of 1.43 million shares.
Vistra Corp. | Closed +2.52% at $25.22
The Fortune 275 energy company went up to $25.22, gaining 2.52%.
