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In afternoon trading on Thursday, Industrial stocks are the worst performing sector, showing a 0.9% loss. Within that group, Generac Holdings Inc (Symbol: GNRC) and General Electric Co (Symbol: GE) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 5.5% and 3.5%, respectively. Among industrial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLI), which is down 1.0% on the day, and up 7.28% year-to-date. Generac Holdings Inc, meanwhile, is up 4.36% year-to-date, and General Electric Co is up 52.83% year-to-date. Combined, GNRC and GE make up approximately 4.7% of the underlying holdings of XLI.

The next worst performing sector is the Energy sector, showing a 0.8% loss. Among large Energy stocks, Halliburton Company (Symbol: HAL) and Coterra Energy Inc (Symbol: CTRA) are the most notable, showing a loss of 2.4% and 2.3%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Energy stocks is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), which is down 0.5% in midday trading, and up 7.09% on a year-to-date basis. Halliburton Company, meanwhile, is down 5.73% year-to-date, and Coterra Energy Inc is up 8.31% year-to-date. Combined, HAL and CTRA make up approximately 3.3% of the underlying holdings of XLE.

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 Thursday. As you can see, none of the sectors are up on the day, while eight sectors are down.

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