Wednesday Sector Leaders: Services, Industrial

The best performing sector as of midday Wednesday is the Services sector, higher by 0.2%. Within that group, Expedia Group Inc (Symbol: EXPE) and Fox Corp (Symbol: FOXA) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 3.0% and 3.0%, respectively. Among the largest ETFs, one ETF closely following services stocks is the iShares U.S. Consumer Services ETF (Symbol: IYC), which is flat on the day on the day, and up 34.06% year-to-date. Expedia Group Inc, meanwhile, is up 22.59% year-to-date, and Fox Corp is up 72.13% year-to-date. Combined, EXPE and FOXA make up approximately 0.5% of the underlying holdings of IYC.

The next best performing sector is the Industrial sector, higher by 0.2%. Among large Industrial stocks, Jabil Inc (Symbol: JBL) and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (Symbol: HII) are the most notable, showing a gain of 8.6% and 3.7%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Industrial stocks is the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI), which is up 0.1% in midday trading, and up 20.77% on a year-to-date basis. Jabil Inc, meanwhile, is up 14.49% year-to-date, and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., is down 20.68% year-to-date. HII makes up approximately 0.2% of the underlying holdings of XLI.

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 Wednesday. As you can see, four sectors are up on the day, while four sectors are down.

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