Wednesday Sector Leaders: Financial, Technology & Communications

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Financial companies are outperforming other sectors, up 1.5%. Within that group, American International Group Inc (NYSE: AIG) and MetLife Inc (NYSE: MET) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 2.8% and 2.8%, respectively. Among financial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLF), which is up 1.5% on the day, and up 1.78% year-to-date. American International Group Inc, mea...