Meet the top gaining stocks amid today's bullish sentiment

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. – Eletrobrás, National Grid plc made today's list of top gainers.

Leading equity indices in the US rose as Dow Jones closed the day at 33,877, having gained 0.13%. Nasdaq ended the session at 13,259 after a 0.16% gain.

Today's rise took place amid mixed market indicators — data from United States concerning Initial Jobless Claims was released yesterday at 12:30 UTC. Newly published figures emphasized continued decline from last month's figure of 233,000 to 261,000 this month.

Have a look at today's biggest gainers:

National Grid Transco | Up 0.42% to $67.26 today

An influx of buyers helped the British electricity and gas utility company to end the session higher around $67.26, while establishing a $66.89 to $67.38 session range today.

+5.09%: Companhia Paranaense de Energia opened at $7.84 today before posting solid session gaining 5.09%

Companhia Paranaense de Energia ended yesterday's session at $7.66. today started with an increase to $8.22, but dropped back and closed at $8.05. Companhia Paranaense de Energia has a market cap of $22 billion with an average daily volume of 269,948 shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 7.38%.

+2.21%: Centrais Electricas Brasileiras levels up 2.21% in today's session; traders eye opening bell in 2 days time

Centrais Electricas Brasileiras rallied 2.21% and ended the session at $7.85. The company's market cap currently stands at $18.11 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1.28 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 15.9%.