US stocks eased on Tuesday as a jump in bond yields hit utilities and other top dividend payers, but energy gains and optimism Greece is near a deal with creditors limited losses. The S&P utility index fell 1.4 percent, leading losses among S&P sectors, after US long-dated Treasury debt yields rose to two-week highs. Utilities and other dividend paying shares tend to compete with bonds as investments. Energy shares gained along with oil prices. The S&P energy index rose 0.5 percent, leading the day's gainers. "Today the utilities are way underperforming, obviously because people are thinking rates are going to go up sooner rather than later," said Uri Landesman, president of Platinum Partners in New York.
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