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] and S&P [.SPX
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] fell for the third day in a row. The sector has been on a run since hitting a low in early March and has been one of best performing sectors in the past three months. Since its March low, the S&P Utilities Sector is up nearly 10%. Utilities are often seen as a defensive play, with steady cash flows and solid dividends. What is impressive is the fact that this seems to be holding true even with record fossil fuel prices. Rising commodity prices increase the cost of producing electricity and regulated pricing on the transmission and distribution end make it hard (or at least slower) to pass the cost increases onto end customers. Interestingly, it is not the Nuclear leaders (a cheaper alternative to fossil) like Exelon [EXC
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Yesterday's jump was partly driven by the recent slide in crude prices. AES Corp [AES
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Here are the biggest gainers in the S&P Utilities Sector over the past three months:
- TECO Energy [TE
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- Nicor [GAS
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- CenterPoint Energy [CNP
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] is up 18.9% and has a 4.4% dividend yield.
- AES [AES
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] is up 18.1% in the past 3 months
- Dynegy [DYN
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] is up 16.6% in the past 3 months
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