Friday Sector Laggards: Industrial, Materials

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Friday, shares of Industrial companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.8% loss. Within that group, United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) and Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 6.2% and 2.5%, respectively. Among industrial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLI), which is down 0.8% on the day, and down 0.69% year-to-date. United Rentals, Inc...