Thursday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

The best performing sector as of midday Thursday is the Energy sector, higher by 4.3%. Within that group, Range Resources Corp (NYSE: RRC) and Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 14.7% and 14.4%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 2.6% on the day, and down 11.95% year-to-date. Range Resources Corp, meanwhile, is up 2.52% year-to-date, and Kinder Morgan Inc., is d...