Friday Sector Laggards: Energy, Financial

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Friday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.4% loss. Within that group, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) and Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 4.7% and 2.6%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is down 0.4% on the day, and down 2.47% year-to-date. Transocean Ltd., meanwhile, is do...