Wednesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

In afternoon trading on Wednesday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 1.0%. Within that group, Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE: NFX) and Hess Corp (NYSE: HES) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 3.9% and 3.0%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.3% on the day, and down 1.07% year-to-date. Newfield Exploration Co., meanwhile, is up 34.44% year-to-date, and Hess Corp, is dow...