Thursday Sector Leaders: Energy, Industrial

The best performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Energy sector, higher by 3.1%. Within the sector, EQT (NYSE: EQT) and Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 6.8% and 6.0%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 2.6% on the day, and down 0.65% year-to-date. EQT, meanwhile, is down 1.28% year-to-date, and Diamond Offshore Drilling, is down 25.80% ...