Wednesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 1.4%. Within that group, Cimarex Energy (NYSE: XEC) and Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 4.3% and 3.3%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 1.1% on the day, and down 5.96% year-to-date. Cimarex Energy, meanwhile, is up 3.02% year-to-da...