Thursday Sector Leaders: Financial, Consumer Products

The best performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Financial sector, up 0.4%. Within that group, UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) and Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.2% and 3.1%, respectively. Among financial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLF), which is up 0.3% on the day, and down 0.56% year-to-date. UnitedHealth Group Inc, meanwhile, is up 20.15% year-to-date, and Aetna Inc. is up 23.71%...