Tuesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, up 0.8%. Within that group, Transocean (NYSE: RIG) and Diamond Offshore Drilling (NYSE: DO) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.3% and 3.2%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.8% on the day, and up 12.48% year-to-date. Transocean, meanwhile, is down 17.49% year-to-date, and Diamond Offshore Drilling, is dow...