Wednesday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Energy

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.4%. Within that group, Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (NYSE: PEG) and Exelon Corp. (NYSE: EXC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 1.7% and 1.5%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 0.5% on the day, and up 12.26% year-to-date. Public Service Ente...