Wednesday Sector Laggards: Energy, Utilities

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Wednesday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.4% loss. Within that group, Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) and Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 5.6% and 5.4%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLE), which is flat on the day on the day, and up 12.86% year-to-date. Tesoro Corporatio...