AGL Energy Shares Up 1.9% as Battery Performance Offsets 47% Electricity Price Fall

Shares in AGL Energy Limited gained 1.9% on Tuesday, with investors considering both a significant decline in wholesale electricity prices and the utility's increasing capacity to benefit from brief periods of market volatility. The stock finished at A$8.97 following a volume of 8.58 million shares traded, roughly 2.7 times its recent daily average.