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Wednesday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Healthcare
By Market News Video Staff, Wednesday, January 31, 2:31 PM ET
The best performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Utilities sector, up 0.5%. Within that group, PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL) and DTE Energy Co (NYSE:DTE) are two of the day's stand-outs, 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 0.5% on the day, and down 2.24% year-to-date. PPL Corp, meanwhile, is down 2.51% year-to-date, and DTE Energy Co, is down 3.84% year-to-date. Combined, PPL and DTE make up approximately 4.4% of the underlying holdings of XLU.
The next best performing sector is the Healthcare sector, higher by 0.5%. Among large Healthcare stocks, Stryker Corp (NYSE:SYK) and Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:EW) are the most notable, showing a gain of 8.0% and 7.4%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Healthcare stocks is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV), which is up 0.5% in midday trading, and up 3.60% on a year-to-date basis. Stryker Corp, meanwhile, is up 14.19% year-to-date, and Edwards Lifesciences Corp is up 4.08% year-to-date. Combined, SYK and EW make up approximately 3.1% 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, two sectors are up on the day, while six sectors are down.
Sector
% Change
Utilities
+0.5%
Healthcare
+0.5%
Services
-0.0%
Financial
-0.2%
Industrial
-0.2%
Materials
-0.4%
Consumer Products
-0.5%
Energy
-1.1%
Technology & Communications
-1.2%
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