Wednesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

The best performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Energy sector, higher by 2.3%. Within that group, Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) and Cimarex Energy (NYSE: XEC) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 9.0% and 6.2%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 1.5% on the day, and down 1.83% year-to-date. Devon Energy, meanwhile, is down 0.19% year-to-date, and Cimarex Energy is up 8.11% year-to-date. Com...