Wednesday Sector Laggards: Energy, Materials

The worst performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Energy sector, showing a 0.3% loss. Within the sector, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) and Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 3.8% and 2.1%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is down 0.1% on the day, and down 1.72% year-to-date. Chesapeake Energy Corp., meanwhile, is down 37.53% year-to-date, and Apache Co...