In afternoon trading on Friday, Energy stocks are the best performing sector, up 1.4%. Within that group, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) and Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE: NFX) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3.7% and 3.6%, 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 down 0.80% year-to-date. Transocean Ltd., meanwhile, is up 5.74% year-to-date, and Newfield Exploration Co. is up 38.09% year-to-date. Combined, RIG and NFX make up approximately 0.8% of the underlying holdings of XLE.
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