Although the sharp dropoff in US treasury yields has ignited a rally in equity markets in general, it hasn’t necessarily benefitted all individual stocks or sectors equally. Utilities, for example, which one would expect to do well in a falling interest rate environment, have been struggling lately.
Exelon (EXC) the largest utility in the US, dropped 10 spots in the SIA S&P 100 Index Report to 62nd place, dropping back into the Red Unfavored Zone.