On July 2, Duke Energy rose 3.04% in regular trading, trading at $129.535/share with turnover of $518 million, amid broad strength across the Electric Utilities sector.

On the news front, Duke Energy recently entered a settlement agreement with the US Department of the Interior to voluntarily end its $129 million offshore wind lease in the Carolina Long Bay area and reinvest that amount in additional capacity generation, aimed at providing reliable energy at lower costs to customers in the Carolinas. The strategic pivot away from costly offshore wind toward conventional capacity expansion was viewed favorably by investors.

Within the Electric Utilities sector, the broad rally saw Exelon up 3.52%, American Electric Power up 2.53%, NextEra up 2.18%, and Constellation Energy up 1.47%. Duke Energy also benefits from strong recent fundamentals, including Q1 earnings that beat estimates ($1.93 vs. $1.87 expected) and nearly 7.6 GW of data center power service agreements.

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