Friday Sector Leaders: Energy, Financial

In afternoon trading on Friday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 1.2%. Within the sector, Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.2% and 2.7%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 1.2% on the day, and up 5.41% year-to-date. Halliburton Company, meanwhile, is up 30.40% year-to-date, and Tesoro Corporation...