Tuesday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Financial

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Utilities sector, higher by 0.4%. Within that group, DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) and NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 1.0% and 0.9%, 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 13.92% year-to-date. DTE Energy, meanwhile, is up 16.64% year-to-date, and NextEra Energy is up 16.46% year-to-date. C...