Tuesday Sector Leaders: Materials, Industrial

In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Materials stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 1.0%. Within that group, Avery Dennison Corp. (NYSE: AVY) and Masco Corp. (NYSE: MAS) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.2% and 4.1%, respectively. Among the high volume ETFs, one ETF closely following materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLB), which is up 0.6% on the day, and up 13.46% year-to-date. Avery Dennison Corp., meanwhile, is up 22.58% year-to-da...