Utilities Down as Treasury Yields Rise - Utilities Roundup
Dow Jones03-20 05:18
Shares of power producers slipped as traders eyed rising Treasury yields.
Rising Treasury yields are a two-fold pressure on utilities.
Higher Treasury yields can lure fixed-income investors out of the dividend utilities sector.
Utilities are also relatively heavily indebted, and are borrowing even more heavily to fund data-center demand. That also makes the sector sensitive to moves in the benchmark interest rates.
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March 19, 2026 17:18 ET (21:18 GMT)
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