Wednesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Technology & Communications

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, up 1.3%. Within the sector, QEP Resources (NYSE: QEP) and Newfield Exploration (NYSE: NFX) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 2.7% and 2.4%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 1.3% on the day, and up 14.09% year-to-date. QEP Resources, meanwhile, is up 12.85% year-to-date, and Newfield Exploration is up 72.47% ye...