Tuesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Energy sector, higher by 2.4%. Within the sector, Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO) and Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE: HP) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.3% and 4.8%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 2.3% on the day, and down 11.05% year-to-date. Marathon Oil Corp., meanwhile, is down 32.34% year-to-date, and Helmerich & Payne, ...