Wednesday Sector Laggards: Financial, Healthcare

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Wednesday, shares of Financial companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 2.9% loss. Within that group, KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) and Hudson City Bancorp (NASD: HCBK) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 8.2% and 6.1%, respectively. Among financial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLF), which is down 3.4% on the day, and up 0.55% year-to-date. KeyCorp, meanwhile, is down 10...