See which stocks are the top gainers amid yesterday's bullish sentiment

DTE Energy Co, Sempra Energy, National Grid plc made yesterday'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.

Yesterday's rise took place amid mixed market indicators — United States Initial Jobless Claims fell short of the 200,000 projections, with new data of 228,000.

Yesterday saw a steady up day for markets with several utilities stocks continuing their streaks today. Take a look at the market's Top Gainers:

Sempra ended the session at $155.34 yesterday, after four straight days of gains

The energy infrastructure utility company went up to $155.34, gaining 1.44%. The company's market cap currently stands at $48.88 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1.60 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the S&P by 5.79%.

+1.53%: DTE Energy gains 1.53% within $112.45 to $114 daily range

Having closed Wednesday at $112.13, bullish sentiment helped DTE Energy to reach highs around $114 before paring gains and ending yesterday at $113.85. DTE Energy has a market cap of $23.47 billion with an average daily volume of 1.36 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the S&P 500 by 10.32%.

National Grid Transco | Up 1.34% to $71.31 yesterday

National Grid Transco rallied to $71.59, hitting its highest point in 7 months; it later lost 28 cents and closed at $71.31. Having set a significant low of $47.26 5 months ago, the Britsh utility vendor is trading 48.9% higher. So far this year, it has been beating the Nasdaq by 4%. National Grid Transco's market cap is currently $52.43 billion with an average daily trading volume of 377,107 shares.