Wednesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, up 5.7%. Within that group, Newfield Exploration (NYSE: NFX) and Noble Corp (NYSE: NE) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 11.6% and 11.2%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 5.0% on the day, and down 10.67% year-to-date. Newfield Exploration, meanwhile, is up 7.80% year-...