Thursday Sector Laggards: Energy, Materials

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Energy stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.1% loss. Within that group, Noble Corp plc (NYSE: NE) and Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 3.0% and 2.2%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.2% on the day, and down 1.68% year-to-date. Noble Corp plc, meanwhile, is down 0.36% year-to-date, and Diamo...