Tuesday Sector Leaders: Healthcare, Materials

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Healthcare sector, up 1.4%. Within that group, Actavis (NYSE: ACT) and Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 7.0% and 3.9%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLV), which is up 1.5% on the day, and up 24.92% year-to-date. Actavis, meanwhile, is up 57.87% year-to-date, and Medtronic, is up 27.34% year-to-date. Combined, ACT and M...