Tuesday Sector Laggards: Materials, Financial

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Tuesday, shares of Materials companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.9% loss. Within the sector, Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM) and CONSOL Energy Inc (NYSE: CNX) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 5.5% and 4.8%, respectively. Among the high volume ETFs, one ETF closely following materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLB), which is down 0.9% on the day, and down 1.02% year-to-date. ...