Thursday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Thursday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, up 2.8%. Within that group, Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) and Hess Corp (NYSE: HES) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 8.4% and 8.1%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 2.8% on the day, and down 6.48% year-to-date. Devon Energy Corp., meanwhile, is down 17.00% year-to-da...