Monday Sector Leaders: Energy, Materials

In afternoon trading on Monday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 2.8%. Within that group, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) and Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE: HP) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 12.8% and 8.9%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 1.9% on the day, and up 13.17% year-to-date. Transocean Ltd., meanwhile, is down 11.23% year-to-date, and Helmerich & Payne,...