Tuesday Sector Laggards: Healthcare, Financial

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Healthcare stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.5% loss. Within that group, Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 3.1% and 1.7%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLV), which is down 0.7% on the day, and up 28.45% year-to-date. Merck meanwhile, is up 22.44% year-to-date, and Cardinal Health is up 22.9...