Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Tuesday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, losing just 0.3%. Within that group, PG&E Corp (Symbol: PCG) and Duke Energy Corp (Symbol: DUK) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 1.4% and 1.3%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs , one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLU), which is down 0.2% on the day, and up 6.89% year-to-date. PG&E Corp , meanwhile, is down 47.40% year-to-date, and Duke Energy Corp is up 9.88% year-to-date. Combined, PCG and DUK make up approximately 10.8% of the underlying holdings of XLU.
The next best performing sector is the Healthcare sector, losing just 0.6%. Among large Healthcare stocks, Agilent Technologies, Inc. (Symbol: A) and Align Technology Inc (Symbol: ALGN) are the most notable, showing a gain of 7.2% and 2.5%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Healthcare stocks is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLV ), which is down 0.8% in midday trading, and up 10.25% on a year-to-date basis. Agilent Technologies, Inc., meanwhile, is up 1.08% year-to-date, and Align Technology Inc, is down 5.72% year-to-date. Combined, A and ALGN make up approximately 1.0% 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 Tuesday. As you can see, none of the sectors are up on the day, while nine sectors are down.
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