Tuesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Energy sector, higher by 0.5%. Within that group, Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) and Range Resources (NYSE: RRC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.1% and 2.4%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.4% on the day, and up 0.26% year-to-date. Chesapeake Energy, meanwhile, is down 6.77% year-to-date, and Range Resources, is down 11.94% ...