Utilities Down As Yields Rise In Wake Of Fed -- Utilities Roundup

Shares of power producers fell as the yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose in the wake of the Federal Reserve's statement.

Nearly 600,000 customers had lost power in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi by Wednesday afternoon because of Hurricane Sally, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outage reports from utilities, as reported earlier.

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