utilities

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Utilities and real estate investment trusts rose on Friday about 0.9% and 0.7%, respectively, while home builders, airlines, and conventional infrastructure stocks slipped only modestly.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Utilities have been making investments not only to support data centers but also to upgrade the grid to withstand more extreme weather and replace aging infrastructure, changes that benefit all customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Idacorp stock has risen 21% since May 2025, outperforming the Vanguard Utilities ETF by 11 percentage points.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Utilities with large, contracted data center customer bases in high-growth corridors are being repriced from regulated infrastructure to strategic AI assets.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

For example, if the Industrials closed at 2213.27, the Transportation stocks at 778.31, and the Utilities at 251.32, then the number for the day would be 712.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos