Friday Sector Leaders: Healthcare, Technology & Communications

In afternoon trading on Friday, Healthcare stocks are the best performing sector, losing just 0.2%. Within that group, Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 8.2% and 1.3%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLV), which is down 0.5% on the day, and up 12.16% year-to-date. Tenet Healthcare, meanwhile, is up 26.50% year-to-date, and Quest Diagnostics is up 18.02% year-to-date. Combined, THC and DGX make up approximately 0.6% of the underlying holdings of XLV.
Source: Markets