Tuesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, up 1.3%. Within that group, TechnipFMC plc (Symbol: FTI) and Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Symbol: MPC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 6.2% and 2.8%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLE), which is up 1.0% on the day, and down 9.65% year-to-date. TechnipFMC plc, meanwhile, is down 19.45% year-to-date, and Marathon Petroleum Corp., is down 6.01% year-to-date. Combined, FTI and MPC make up approximately 4.5% of the underlying holdings of XLE.

The next best performing sector is the Materials sector, higher by 1.1%. Among large Materials stocks, DuPont (Symbol: DD) and LyondellBasell Industries NV (Symbol: LYB) are the most notable, showing a gain of 3.4% and 2.6%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB), which is up 1.0% in midday trading, and down 1.22% on a year-to-date basis. DuPont, meanwhile, is down 16.58% year-to-date, and LyondellBasell Industries NV, is down 11.02% year-to-date. Combined, DD and LYB make up approximately 11.0% 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, eight sectors are up on the day, while none of the sectors are down.

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