Thursday Sector Leaders: Healthcare, Services

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Healthcare stocks are the best performing sector, up 0.8%. Within that group, Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE: THC) and HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE: HCA) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 13.0% and 8.6%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLV), which is up 0.5% on the day, and up 11.87% year-to-date. Tenet Healthcare Corp., meanwhile, is up 11.68% year-to-date, and HCA ...