You may be surprised which stock-market sector has been the hottest in the past year By: MarketWatch October 03, 2019 at 04:34 AM EDT Utility stocks have not only soared during the past 12 months, they have also measured up well over the long haul. Read More >> Related Stocks: AES Corp Alliant Energy Corp Ameren Corp American Electric Power American Water Works Atmos Energy Corp CMS Energy CenterPoint Energy Consolidated Edison DTE Energy Dominion Resources Duke Energy Edison International Entergy Corp Evergy Inc Eversource Energy Exelon Corp Fidelity Utilities MSCI ETF FirstEnergy Corp NRG Energy NextEra Energy NiSource PPL Corp Pinnacle West Capital Public Svc Enterprises S&P 500 EW Utilities Invesco ETF Sempra Energy Southern Co UTILITIES SEL Utilities ETF Vanguard WEC Energy Group Inc Xcel Energy