Monday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Consumer Products

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Monday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, losing just 0.1%. Within that group, Pepco Holdings Inc. (NYSE: POM) and Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 1.9% and 1.6%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 0.4% on the day, and down 0.01% year-to-date. Pepco Holdings Inc., meanwhile, is ...