Wednesday Sector Laggards: Energy, Materials

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 2.5% loss. Within that group, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) and Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 4.4% and 4.4%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is down 1.9% on the day, and down 6.75% year-to-date. Southwestern Energy Company, meanw...