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Friday Sector Leaders: Materials, Energy
By Market News Video Staff, Friday, February 12, 2:34 PM ET
Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Materials companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 1.1%. Within that group, Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MHK) and Mosaic Co (NYSE:MOS) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.5% and 4.2%, respectively. Among the high volume ETFs, one ETF closely following materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLB), which is up 0.8% on the day, and up 2.40% year-to-date. Mohawk Industries, Inc., meanwhile, is up 19.53% year-to-date, and Mosaic Co is up 26.05% year-to-date. MOS makes up approximately 1.2% of the underlying holdings of XLB.
The next best performing sector is the Energy sector, higher by 1.0%. Among large Energy stocks, Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (COG) are the most notable, showing a gain of 3.7% and 3.4%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Energy stocks is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), which is up 0.7% in midday trading, and up 16.98% on a year-to-date basis. Halliburton Company, meanwhile, is up 6.57% year-to-date, and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. is up 11.18% year-to-date. Combined, HAL and COG make up approximately 3.0% of the underlying holdings of XLE.
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 Friday. As you can see, six sectors are up on the day, while two sectors are down.
Sector
% Change
Materials
+1.1%
Energy
+1.0%
Healthcare
+0.3%
Industrial
+0.3%
Technology & Communications
+0.2%
Services
+0.1%
Financial
-0.0%
Consumer Products
-0.8%
Utilities
-0.9%
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