Tuesday Sector Leaders: Energy, Utilities

The best performing sector as of midday Tuesday is the Energy sector, up 1.3%. Within that group, Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) and Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 4.3% and 3.3%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is up 1.1% on the day, and up 14.57% year-to-date. Kinder Morgan Inc., meanwhile, is up 28.22% year-to-date, and Diamond Offshore Drilling, ...