Wednesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

The best performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Energy sector, higher by 1.2%. Within that group, Williams Cos Inc (NYSE: WMB) and Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.6% and 4.7%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 0.4% on the day, and up 2.90% year-to-date. Williams Cos Inc , meanwhile, is down 31.17% year-to-date, and Chesapeake Energy Corp...