Wednesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Technology & Communications

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 1.5%. Within the sector, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) and Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.0% and 4.4%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 1.5% on the day, and up 11.59% year-to-date. Chesapeake Energy Corp., meanwhile,...