Natural gas prices surged over the past couple of months as demand for heating jumped. A polar vortex and arctic winds pushed temperatures in the U.S. to their coldest in 32 years.
XLU has a 55.9% weight toward electric utilities and 38.7% allocated toward multi-utilities, which include energy and other infrastructure services. [Utilities ETFs Make Their Presence Felt]
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