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Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Thursday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.7%. Within that group, CenterPoint Energy, Inc (NYSE:CNP) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 1.5% and 1.4%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLU), which is up 0.8% on the day, and up 5.77% year-to-date. CenterPoint Energy, Inc, meanwhile, is up 17.65% year-to-date, and Eversource Energy, is down 0.11% year-to-date. Combined, CNP and ES make up approximately 4.7% of the underlying holdings of XLU.
The next best performing sector is the Financial sector, losing just 0.1%. Among large Financial stocks, American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) and US Bancorp (NYSE:USB) are the most notable, showing a gain of 2.8% and 2.7%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Financial stocks is the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF), which is down 0.2% in midday trading, and up 24.56% on a year-to-date basis. American International Group Inc, meanwhile, is up 27.74% year-to-date, and US Bancorp is up 27.45% year-to-date. Combined, AIG and USB make up approximately 2.9% of the underlying holdings of XLF.
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 Thursday. As you can see, one sector is up on the day, while eight sectors are down.
Sector
% Change
Utilities
+0.7%
Financial
-0.1%
Industrial
-0.5%
Materials
-0.5%
Consumer Products
-0.6%
Healthcare
-0.7%
Services
-1.1%
Technology & Communications
-1.3%
Energy
-1.9%
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