Thursday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Energy

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Thursday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.8%. Within the sector, Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE: PEG) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 1.6% and 1.5%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 0.7% on the day, and up 16.91% year-to-date. Dominion Resources, m...