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Wednesday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Healthcare
By Market News Video Staff, Wednesday, December 15, 2:46 PM ET
The best performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Utilities sector, higher by 1.1%. Within that group, American Electric Power Co Inc (NASDAQ:AEP) and WEC Energy Group Inc (NYSE:WEC) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 2.1% and 2.1%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLU), which is up 1.2% on the day, and up 14.62% year-to-date. American Electric Power Co Inc, meanwhile, is up 7.96% year-to-date, and WEC Energy Group Inc is up 8.12% year-to-date. Combined, AEP and WEC make up approximately 7.4% of the underlying holdings of XLU.
The next best performing sector is the Healthcare sector, up 0.8%. Among large Healthcare stocks, Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) are the most notable, showing a gain of 8.8% and 4.0%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Healthcare stocks is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV), which is up 1.1% in midday trading, and up 21.75% on a year-to-date basis. Eli Lilly, meanwhile, is up 62.70% year-to-date, and Pfizer Inc is up 61.12% year-to-date. Combined, LLY and PFE make up approximately 10.2% of the underlying holdings of XLV.
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, seven sectors are up on the day, while two sectors are down.
Sector
% Change
Utilities
+1.1%
Healthcare
+0.8%
Financial
+0.8%
Technology & Communications
+0.6%
Industrial
+0.5%
Consumer Products
+0.3%
Services
+0.1%
Materials
-0.5%
Energy
-0.8%
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