Monday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Services

In afternoon trading on Monday, Utilities stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 1.3%. Within that group, American Electric Power Company, (NYSE: AEP) and Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE: PEG) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 2.3% and 2.3%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 1.3% on the day, and up 15.14% year-to-date. American Electric Power Company, meanwhile, is up ...