Thursday Sector Laggards: Materials, Energy

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Materials stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.4% loss. Within that group, Nabors Industries (NYSE: NBR) and LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 3.1% and 2.4%, respectively. Among the high volume ETFs, one ETF closely following materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLB), which is down 0.4% on the day, and up 5.77% year-to-date. Nabors Industries, meanwhile, is up 27.25% y...