Wednesday Sector Laggards: Energy, Industrial

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.7% loss. Within that group, Helmerich & Payne (NYSE: HP) and FMC Technologies (NYSE: FTI) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 7.3% and 4.5%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is down 0.1% on the day, and down 5.18% year-to-date. Helmerich & Payne, meanwhile, is...