Tuesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Tuesday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 3.2%. Within the sector, Denbury Resources (NYSE: DNR) and Transocean (NYSE: RIG) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 10.6% and 8.6%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 2.8% on the day, and up 1.11% year-to-date. Denbury Resources, meanwhile, is up 5.47% year-to-date, ...