Monday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

The best performing sector as of midday Monday is the Energy sector, up 1.5%. Within the sector, Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) and Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:MPC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.4% and 2.3%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLE), which is up 1.7% on the day, and up 3.31% year-to-date. Halliburton Company, meanwhile, is down 7.87% year-to-date, and Marathon Petroleum Corp. is up 14.61% year-to-date. Combined, HAL and MPC make up approximately 6.4% of the underlying holdings of XLE.

The next best performing sector is the Utilities sector, higher by 0.5%. Among large Utilities stocks, NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) and CenterPoint Energy, Inc (NYSE:CNP) are the most notable, showing a gain of 1.6% and 1.0%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Utilities stocks is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLU), which is up 0.4% in midday trading, and down 0.11% on a year-to-date basis. NRG Energy Inc, meanwhile, is up 10.66% year-to-date, and CenterPoint Energy, Inc is up 4.92% year-to-date. Combined, NRG and CNP make up approximately 2.7% of the underlying holdings of XLU.

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Comparing these stocks and ETFs on a trailing twelve month basis, below is a relative stock price performance chart, with each of the symbols shown in a different color as labeled in the legend at the bottom:

Here's a snapshot of how the S&P 500 components within the various sectors are faring in afternoon trading on Monday. As you can see, five sectors are up on the day, while three sectors are down.