由于防御性偏好，公用事业板块上涨 - 公用事业综述

公用事业股票上涨，因为投资者在疲弱的零售销售数据中转向防御性行业，将公用事业视为周期性行业的更安全替代品。此外，由前能源部长里克·佩里共同创办的数据中心和电力初创公司 Fermi 与一家云计算公司签署协议，在德克萨斯州潘汉德尔地区开发一个大型数据中心

Shares of power producers rose as traders rotated back into the defensive sector following weak retail-sales data. Utilities are viewed as safer alternatives to cyclical sectors due to the evergreen nature of their businesses.

Fermi, the troubled data-center and power startup co-founded by former Energy Secretary Rick Perry, signed a deal with a cloud-computing company to develop a massive data center in the Texas Panhandle.

Write to Rob Curran at rob.curran@dowjones.com

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August 14, 2026 17:40 ET (21:40 GMT)