Monday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Consumer Products

In afternoon trading on Monday, Utilities stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 1.2%. Within that group, Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE: PEG) and Entergy (NYSE: ETR) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 2.2% and 1.9%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 1.2% on the day, and up 22.62% year-to-date. Public Service Enterprise Group, meanwhile, is up 29.40% year-to-date, and ...