DTE Energy Co, Sempra Energy, National Grid plc made Thursday's list of top gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US rose as Nasdaq closed the day at 12,100, having gained 0.76%. S&P 500 ended the session at 4,105 after a 0.36% gain.
Have a look at Thursday's biggest gainers:
Sempra Energy | Up 1.44% to $155.34 Thursday
Bullish sentiment helped the energy infrastructure utility company to hammer out a noteworthy $153.71 to $155.67 range Thursday, and finally closing at $155.34 to end the session.
+1.53%: DTE Energy appreciates 1.53% with $114 as the high of the day
The electric services company rose as high as $114 before giving up its gains and dropping back to $113.85 before the close on Thursday. DTE Energy's market cap currently stands at $23.47 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1.36 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the S&P 500 by 10.32%.
National Grid Transco | Up 1.34% to $71.31 Thursday
National Grid Transco hit a significant low of $47.26 around 5 months ago, but has since recovered 48.9%. So far this year, it has been beating the Nasdaq by 4%. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $52.43 billion with an average daily trading volume of 377,107 shares.