Wednesday Sector Leaders: Financial, Energy

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Financial companies are outperforming other sectors, losing just 0.1%. Within that group, Aetna (NYSE: AET) and Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.4% and 2.3%, respectively. Among financial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLF), which is down 0.2% on the day, and up 7.99% year-to-date. Aetna, meanwhile, is up 17.68% year-to-...