Tuesday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Healthcare

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Utilities stocks are the best performing sector, up 0.1%. Within the sector, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) and Ameren Corp. (NYSE: AEE) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 1.0% and 1.0%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 0.1% on the day, and down 7.86% year-to-date. FirstEnergy Corp., meanwhile, is down 10.59% year-to-date, and Ameren Corp., is down 9.06%...