Monday Sector Leaders: Healthcare, Services

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Monday, shares of Healthcare companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 1.0%. Within that group, Allergan PLC (NYSE: AGN) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASD: VRTX) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 6.0% and 3.6%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLV), which is up 1.2% on the day, and down 2.49% year-to-date. Allergan PLC, meanwhile,...