The utility operator will acquire Oncor's bankrupt owner for $9.45 billion, adding Texas' largest power transmission system to its portfolio.
Germany's largest initial public offering in 16 years will raise 2 billion euros for Innogy, the renewable energy business of utility RWE.
The larger-than-expected decline reflects sharp drops in the mining and utilities sector that outweighed an increase in manufacturing.
Canada's largest utility owner buys a Midwest electricity transmission provider for $6.9 billion.
