Tuesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Tuesday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 2.1%. Within that group, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) and Range Resources Corp (NYSE: RRC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.2% and 4.9%, 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 up 2.63% year-to-date. Diamond Offshore Drilling, In...