Thursday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, losing just 0.7%. Within that group, Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC) and Tesoro (NYSE: TSO) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 7.1% and 4.0%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is down 1.1% on the day, and up 11.38% year-to-date. Marathon Petroleum, meanwhile, is down 6.87% year-to-date, and Tesoro is up 6.41% year-...