Tuesday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Consumer Products

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Utilities sector, up 0.8%. Within that group, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) and NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.6% and 4.2%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 0.8% on the day, and up 11.79% year-to-date. FirstEnergy Corp., meanwhile, is up 1.88% year-to-date, and NRG Energy Inc is up 23.29% year-to-date. Combined, FE and NRG make up approximately 4.8% of the underlying holdings of XLU.
Source: Markets