Tuesday Sector Leaders: Materials, Energy

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Tuesday, shares of Materials companies are outperforming other sectors, losing just 0.1%. Within the sector, CF Industries Holdings (NYSE: CF) and Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 6.3% and 2.5%, respectively. Among the high volume ETFs, one ETF closely following materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLB), which is down 0.3% on the day, and up 10.20% year-to-date. CF Industr...