Thursday Sector Leaders: Energy, Technology & Communications

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 0.5%. Within that group, Pioneer Natural Resources Co (NYSE: PXD) and Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 2.0% and 2.0%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.5% on the day, and down 4.52% year-to-date. Pioneer Natural Resources Co, meanwhile, is down 6.63% year-to-...