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Wednesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials
By Market News Video Staff, Wednesday, March 17, 3:41 PM ET
The best performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Energy sector, up 1.1%. Within the sector, Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ:BKR) and Pioneer Natural Resources Co (NYSE:PXD) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 3.4% and 3.0%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLE), which is up 0.9% on the day, and up 37.04% year-to-date. Baker Hughes Company, meanwhile, is up 15.01% year-to-date, and Pioneer Natural Resources Co is up 47.48% year-to-date. Combined, BKR and PXD make up approximately 5.5% of the underlying holdings of XLE.
The next best performing sector is the Materials sector, higher by 1.0%. Among large Materials stocks, Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) and LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB) are the most notable, showing a gain of 4.7% and 3.4%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB), which is up 0.6% in midday trading, and up 8.61% on a year-to-date basis. Dow Inc, meanwhile, is up 20.43% year-to-date, and LyondellBasell Industries NV is up 19.96% year-to-date. Combined, DOW and LYB make up approximately 8.0% of the underlying holdings of XLB.
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 Wednesday. As you can see, eight sectors are up on the day, while one sector is down.
Sector
% Change
Energy
+1.1%
Materials
+1.0%
Financial
+0.6%
Industrial
+0.6%
Healthcare
+0.2%
Consumer Products
+0.1%
Services
+0.1%
Technology & Communications
+0.1%
Utilities
-1.3%
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