Friday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

In afternoon trading on Friday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, up 0.7%. Within the sector, Newfield Exploration (NYSE: NFX) and Murphy Oil (NYSE: MUR) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 2.3% and 2.0%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.3% on the day, and up 12.30% year-to-date. Newfield Exploration, meanwhile, is up 81.67% year-to-date, and Murphy Oil, is down 2.41% year...