Shares of power producers rose as traders rotated out of the tech sector into some slower growing areas.

Major American utilities including Constellation Energy and Southern Co. are looking at nuclear-power development as one crucial aspect of their response to rising electricity demand, a plan that's becoming more viable due to rising popular support for nuclear plants, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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