Wednesday Sector Laggards: Financial, Materials

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Financial stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.3% loss. Within that group, Health Care REIT Inc. (NYSE: HCN) and HCP, Inc. (NYSE: HCP) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 3.1% and 1.8%, respectively. Among financial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLF), which is down 0.1% on the day, and up 1.94% year-to-date. Health Care REIT Inc., meanwhile, is up 19.53% year-to-date, and HCP, Inc. ...