Monday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Consumer Products

July 08, 2014   |   July 2014 Bond Updates
The best performing sector as of midday Monday is the Utilities sector, up 0.1%. Within that group, Entergy (NYSE: ETR) and Exelon (NYSE: EXC) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 1.4% and 1.1%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 0.2% on the day, and up 14.01% year-to-date. Entergy, meanwhile, is up 26.03% year-to-date, and Exelon is up 27.64% year-to-date. Combined, ETR and EXC make up approximately 8.4% of the underlying holdings of XLU.

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