NRG Energy Inc, Vistra Corp., UGI Corporation made today's list of top gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US rose as Nasdaq ended the session at 13,631 after a 0.95% gain. S&P 500 gained 0.37% and closed at 4,382.
Today's rise took place amid mixed market indicators — data from United States concerning Crude Oil Inventories was released today at 15:00 UTC. Newly published figures emphasized continued decline from last month's figure of 7.92 million to -3.83 million this month.
Check out the Top Gainers in utilities stocks from today's session…
NRG | Up 3.07% to $34.92 today
The nuclear electric power company rose as high as $35.59 before giving up its gains and dropping back to $34.92 before the close on today.
After three sombre days of declines, UGI Corporation was up 0.56% today
UGI Corporation recovered from the previous trading session's losses and went up to $26.93 today after it traded lower at $26.5. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $5.64 billion with an average daily trading volume of 2.69 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 52.69%.
Vistra Corp. | Closed +0.6% at $25.3
The electricity and power generation company has managed to gain 12.93% so far this year despite trading at lows around $21 previously. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 10.14%. The company's market cap currently stands at $9.44 billion with an average daily volume of 3.43 million shares. Vistra Corp. has a forecast of $1.89 billion with an EPS of -40 cents.