Friday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Energy

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, up 1.5%. Within that group, Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) and Consolidated Edison(NYSE: ED) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 2.8% and 2.3%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 1.5% on the day, and up 10.47% year-to-date. Dominion Resources, meanwhile, is up 6.33% y...