Tuesday Sector Leaders: Technology & Communications, Utilities

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Technology & Communications stocks are the best performing sector, up 0.5%. Within the sector, AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) and SanDisk Corp. (NASD: SNDK) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 2.5% and 2.2%, respectively. Among technology ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLK), which is up 0.4% on the day, and up 5.42% year-to-date. AT&T Inc, meanwhile, is up 6.82% year-to-date, and SanDisk Corp., is down 29.09%...