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Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Friday, shares of Industrial companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 1.4% loss. Within the sector, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (Symbol: NCLH) and Parker Hannifin Corp (Symbol: PH) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 7.8% and 5.7%, respectively. Among industrial ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLI), which is down 1.4% on the day, and up 6.20% year-to-date. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd, meanwhile, is down 17.64% year-to-date, and Parker Hannifin Corp is up 8.94% year-to-date. PH makes up approximately 1.7% of the underlying holdings of XLI.

The next worst performing sector is the Materials sector, showing a 1.3% loss. Among large Materials stocks, Howmet Aerospace Inc (Symbol: HWM) and Albemarle Corp. (Symbol: ALB) are the most notable, showing a loss of 5.8% and 3.9%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB), which is down 1.0% in midday trading, and up 4.28% on a year-to-date basis. Howmet Aerospace Inc, meanwhile, is up 44.27% year-to-date, and Albemarle Corp., is down 27.96% year-to-date. ALB makes up approximately 1.2% 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 Friday. As you can see, none of the sectors are up on the day, while nine sectors are down.

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