Tuesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Financial

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Tuesday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.6%. Within that group, EQT Corp. (NYSE: EQT) and Hess Corp (NYSE: HES) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 2.2% and 2.1%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.4% on the day, and down 1.26% year-to-date. EQT Corp., meanwhile, is up 11.08% year-to-date, and Hess C...