Friday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Financial

The best performing sector as of midday Friday is the Utilities sector, up 1.3%. Within that group, SCANA (NYSE: SCG) and Integrys Energy Group (NYSE: TEG) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 2.6% and 2.3%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 1.2% on the day, and up 16.80% year-to-date. SCANA, meanwhile, is up 9.39% year-to-date, and Integrys Energy Group is up 27.84% year-to-date. C...