Utilities supply electricity, gas and water. They are defensive, dividend-paying stocks, and the rising power demand of data centers has made some of them growth stories too. This screen lists utility stocks on Asian exchanges, ranked by price performance over the last three months, strongest first. Prices are in each exchange's local currency, and the list covers stocks traded in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul and Jakarta with at least about US$0.7 million in average daily trading value.
