Tuesday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Services

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Tuesday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.5%. Within that group, SCANA Corp (NYSE: SCG) and FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 1.6% and 1.5%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 0.9% on the day, and up 10.47% year-to-date. SCANA Corp, meanwhile, is up 9.60% year-to-date, a...