Monday Sector Leaders: Consumer Products, Materials

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Monday, shares of Consumer Products companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 1.0%. Within that group, Hershey Company (Symbol: HSY) and Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (Symbol: EL) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 12.9% and 5.3%, respectively. Among consumer products ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF (Symbol: IYK), which is flat on the day on the day, and up 10.02% year-to-date. Hershey Company, meanwhile, is up 8.74% year-to-date, and Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., is down 41.31% year-to-date. HSY makes up approximately 1.3% of the underlying holdings of IYK.

The next best performing sector is the Materials sector, higher by 0.9%. Among large Materials stocks, Albemarle Corp. (Symbol: ALB) and Celanese Corp (Symbol: CE) are the most notable, showing a gain of 4.6% and 4.6%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB), which is up 0.5% in midday trading, and up 9.29% on a year-to-date basis. Albemarle Corp., meanwhile, is down 23.15% year-to-date, and Celanese Corp, is down 50.70% year-to-date. Combined, ALB and CE make up approximately 3.5% of the underlying holdings of XLB.

Comparing these stocks and ETFs on a trailing twelve month basis, below is a relative stock price performance chart, with each of the symbols shown in a different color as labeled in the legend at the bottom:

Here's a snapshot of how the S&P 500 components within the various sectors are faring in afternoon trading on Monday. As you can see, four sectors are up on the day, while four sectors are down.

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