Friday Sector Leaders: Energy, Financial

The best performing sector as of midday Friday is the Energy sector, higher by 1.9%. Within the sector, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) and FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 4.5% and 3.6%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 1.8% on the day, and down 2.57% year-to-date. Transocean Ltd., meanwhile, is down 19.26% year-to-date, and FMC Technologies, Inc., is ...