Tuesday Sector Leaders: Financial, Consumer Products

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Financial stocks are the best performing sector, losing just 0.2%. Within that group, Zions Bancorporation (NASD: ZION) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE: BK) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.0% and 1.7%, respectively. Among financial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLF), which is down 0.3% on the day, and up 3.28% year-to-date. Zions Bancorporation, meanwhile, is up 10.82% year-to-da...