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 0.2% loss. Within that group, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE: COG) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 2.7% and 1.9%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.2% on the day, and up 1.69% year-to-date. Diamond Offshore Dri...