Thursday Sector Leaders: Energy, Financial

In afternoon trading on Thursday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, up 1.9%. Within that group, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) and Range Resources Corp (NYSE: RRC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 11.6% and 8.0%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.9% on the day, and down 20.86% year-to-date. Southwestern Energy Company, meanwhile, is down 74.24% year-to-date, and...