Tumultuous fourth quarter for pipelines wraps up solid year for stock performance

摘要

A rather ho-hum fourth quarter performancernfor gas pipeline stocks wrappedrnup an otherwise strong year, during whichrncompanies saw their aggregate value climbrnby nearly 20%. A mixed bag of market andrnfinancial forces drove the stocks of individualrncompanies every which way, analystsrnnoted, with companies set up as master limitedrnpartnerships starting to feel the weightrnof expanding membership in that category.