Monday Sector Leaders: Materials, Technology & Communications

The best performing sector as of midday Monday is the Materials sector, higher by 1.3%. Within that group, CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) and Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.9% and 5.1%, respectively. Among the high volume ETFs, one ETF closely following materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLB), which is up 1.5% on the day, and up 8.54% year-to-date. CF Industries Holdings Inc, meanwhile, is down 24.34% year-to...