Friday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

In afternoon trading on Friday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, up 1.7%. Within that group, Diamond Offshore Drilling (NYSE: DO) and Newfield Exploration (NYSE: NFX) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 6.7% and 4.3%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 1.3% on the day, and up 0.91% year-to-date. Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., meanwhile, is down 25.18% year-to-date, and Newf...