Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Monday, shares of Healthcare companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.1%. Within the sector, Gilead Sciences (NASD: GILD) and HCA Holdings (NYSE: HCA) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 2.1% and 1.7%, respectively. Among healthcare ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLV), which is up 0.4% on the day, and up 6.00% year-to-date. Gilead Sciences, meanwhile, is up 11.10% year-to-date, and HCA Holdings, is down 3.27% year-to-date. Combined, GILD and HCA make up approximately 6.5% of the underlying holdings of XLV.
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