Friday Sector Leaders: Industrial, Materials

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Industrial companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.9%. Within that group, Joy Global Inc (NYSE: JOY) and Fluor Corp. (NYSE: FLR) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 4.4% and 2.9%, respectively. Among industrial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLI), which is up 0.9% on the day, and up 6.16% year-to-date. Joy Global Inc, meanwhile, is up 10.76% year-to-da...