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Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Monday, shares of Utilities companies are underperforming other sectors, higher by 0.2%. Within that group, Dominion Energy Inc (NYSE:D) and NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 0.8% and 0.5%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLU), which is up 0.1% on the day, and up 6.37% year-to-date. Dominion Energy Inc , meanwhile, is up 3.98% year-to-date, and NRG Energy Inc, is down 8.67% year-to-date. Combined, D and NRG make up approximately 7.7% of the underlying holdings of XLU.
The next worst performing sector is the Consumer Products sector, higher by 0.6%. Among large Consumer Products stocks, Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) and Whirlpool Corp (NYSE:WHR) are the most notable, showing a loss of 1.4% and 0.7%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Consumer Products stocks is the iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF (IYK), which is up 1.2% in midday trading, and up 4.11% on a year-to-date basis. Ford Motor Co. , meanwhile, is up 49.60% year-to-date, and Whirlpool Corp is up 31.82% year-to-date. Combined, F and WHR make up approximately 2.1% of the underlying holdings of IYK.
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, nine sectors are up on the day, while none of the sectors are down.
Sector
% Change
Technology & Communications
+1.6%
Materials
+1.0%
Services
+0.8%
Industrial
+0.8%
Consumer Products
+0.6%
Healthcare
+0.6%
Financial
+0.6%
Energy
+0.6%
Utilities
+0.2%
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