Tuesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Energy sector, higher by 1.2%. Within that group, APA Corp (Symbol: APA) and Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Symbol: MPC) are two of the day’s stand-outs, showing a gain of 3.1% and 2.6%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLE), which is up 1.4% on the day, and up 5.64% year-to-date. APA Corp, meanwhile, is down 32.80% year-to-date, and Marathon Petroleum Corp., is down 3.92% year-to-date. Combined, APA and MPC make up approximately 3.9% of the underlying holdings of XLE.

The next best performing sector is the Materials sector, higher by 0.2%. Among large Materials stocks, Mosaic Co (Symbol: MOS) and Dow Inc (Symbol: DOW) are the most notable, showing a gain of 2.4% and 1.4%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB), which is up 0.1% in midday trading, and down 0.10% on a year-to-date basis. Mosaic Co, meanwhile, is down 28.90% year-to-date, and Dow Inc, is down 22.01% year-to-date. Combined, MOS and DOW make up approximately 3.8% of the underlying holdings of XLB.

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, four sectors are up on the day, while three sectors are down.

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