Friday Sector Leaders: Financial, Healthcare

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Financial companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.8%. Within that group, Zions Bancorporation (NASD: ZION) and Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.6% and 3.5%, respectively. Among financial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLF), which is up 1.1% on the day, and up 15.01% year-to-date. Zions Bancorporation, meanwhile, is down ...