Tuesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Technology & Communications

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Energy sector, up 0.5%. Within that group, Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) and Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 6.5% and 5.4%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is down 0.5% on the day, and up 11.48% year-to-date. Southwestern Energy Company, meanwhile, is up 95.64% year-to-date, and Chesapeak...