Midstream was positive across the board this week, led by U.S. and Canadian corporations, but MLPs were positive as well. Midstream traded in line with utilities, which traded up on lower interest rates and a flight to safety across the market.
Midstream keeping up with utilities was encouraging in a negative week for the broad equity market, helped by positive macro (lower interest rates and higher commodity prices), follow-through speculation on private equity interest after last Friday's MLP M&A news, and positive vibes from the annual MLP and Midstream Energy Infrastructure ((MEIC)) conference in Las