Wednesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

ooking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, losing just 1.3%. Within the sector, Southwestern Energy (NYSE: SWN) and Cabot Oil & Gas  (NYSE: COG) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.9% and 4.2%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is down 1.4% on the day, and down 9.41% year-to-date. Southwestern Energy Company, meanwhi...