Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Financial companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.5%. Within that group, CBRE Group Inc (Symbol: CBRE) and Raymond James Financial Inc (Symbol: RJF) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 2.1% and 2.1%, respectively. Among financial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLF), which is up 0.5% on the day, and up 13.04% year-to-date. CBRE Group Inc, meanwhile, is up 20.75% year-to-date, and Raymond James Financial Inc is up 17.18% year-to-date. RJF makes up approximately 0.3% of the underlying holdings of XLF.
The next best performing sector is the Healthcare sector, up 0.4%. Among large Healthcare stocks, ABIOMED, Inc. (Symbol: ABMD) and Nektar Therapeutics (Symbol: NKTR) are the most notable, showing a gain of 3.3% and 2.4%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Healthcare stocks is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV), which is up 0.3% in midday trading, and up 4.05% on a year-to-date basis. ABIOMED, Inc., meanwhile, is down 16.51% year-to-date, and Nektar Therapeutics is up 3.04% year-to-date. Combined, ABMD and NKTR make up approximately 0.5% 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 Friday. As you can see, five sectors are up on the day, while three sectors are down.
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