Thursday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Consumer Products

The best performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Utilities sector, up 0.3%. Within that group, NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE: NEE) and AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE: GAS) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 1.2% and 1.2%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 0.2% on the day, and down 4.86% year-to-date. NextEra Energy Inc, meanwhile, is down 2.51% year-to-date, and AGL Resources Inc., is down...