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Utilities sector posts July decline; Constellation Energy leads gainers, Alliant Energy absorbs steepest loss

8/2/2026

The utilities sector finished July lower, with the month generating a clear divide between winners and losers inside the group. Constellation Energy led all sector gainers for the period.

Alliant Energy recorded the sector's largest loss. Sector direction in July Utilities declined across the month.

The pullback was broad enough to define sector performance for the period, though individual results scattered widely around that negative headline.

Constellation Energy and Alliant Energy split the range Constellation Energy's advance placed it at the top of the sector for July.