Friday Sector Laggards: Energy, Materials

In afternoon trading on Friday, Energy stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 2.0% loss. Within the sector, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) and Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 17.0% and 8.8%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is down 1.0% on the day, and down 6.55% year-to-date. Southwestern Energy Company, meanwhile, is down 0.91% year-to-da...