Risk-on sentiment helps entire watchlist portfolio into the black
The leading indices are pointing up — Nasdaq up to 11,522, gaining 0.51%. S&P 500 up to 3,997.74, gaining 0.41%.
Today's price action is taking place amid mixed market indicators – United States Initial Jobless Claims beat analyst expectations of 195,000 and the previous reading of 192,000 with new data of 190,000.
“Top Movers” are assets that recorded the highest percentage change compared to their nearest peers. The currently most active utilities stocks are listed below.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia ascends to $6.58
Today's positive session could indicate a brief correction amid a broader downtrend, or, the start of a potential reversal. After closing the previous trading day at $6.48, Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL is up to $6.58, which makes for a move of 1.47%/9.5 cents today. Currently, the Brazilian utilities giant has a market capitalization of $17.99 billion with an average daily volume of 341,679 shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 12.82%.
IDACORP | +1.19% to start today's session
This year has been a gloomy one for the electricity holding company after trading as high as $118.47 and going on to lose 5.29% of its value. IDACORP's market cap is currently $5.19 billion with an average daily trading volume of 256,557 shares. $422.96 million was IDACORP's last reported revenue with 83 cents being the current EPS.
American Water | +1.13% to start today's session
After closing the previous trading day at $138.56, American Water is up to $140.12, which makes for a move of 1.13%/$1.56 today.