Why did Southern Company stock rise on 6 October?
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Southern Company rose sharply, helped by its Google-backed nuclear deal. Over the last five trading days Southern Company rose clearly, in line with a clearly higher broad market but trailing a sharply stronger utilities sector. The likely driver was Georgia Power's agreement with Google to fund nuclear uprates at Vogtle and Hatch to supply data centers, alongside priced subordinated notes and an investor summit appearance. A customer portal data breach affecting hundreds of thousands of Alabama Power and Georgia Power accounts likely weighed partly on sentiment, though utilities as a group still outpaced the stock. Watch the early-November earnings report for how management frames data center demand and funding costs.
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