Friday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

The best performing sector as of midday Friday is the Energy sector, higher by 0.5%. Within that group, Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE: NFX) and QEP Resources Inc (NYSE: QEP) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 3.6% and 1.7%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.3% on the day, and up 0.08% year-to-date. Newfield Exploration Co., meanwhile, is up 40.56% year-to-date, and QEP Resources Inc, is d...