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Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Tuesday, shares of Technology & Communications companies are outperforming other sectors, up 0.1%. Within that group, NVIDIA Corp (Symbol: NVDA) and Skyworks Solutions Inc (Symbol: SWKS) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 5.8% and 2.9%, respectively. Among technology ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLK), which is up 1.5% on the day, and up 17.63% year-to-date. NVIDIA Corp, meanwhile, is up 152.27% year-to-date, and Skyworks Solutions Inc, is down 2.71% year-to-date. Combined, NVDA and SWKS make up approximately 5.8% of the underlying holdings of XLK.

The next best performing sector is the Energy sector, losing just 0.2%. Among large Energy stocks, Valero Energy Corp (Symbol: VLO) and Baker Hughes Company (Symbol: BKR) are the most notable, showing a gain of 0.8% and 0.7%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Energy stocks is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), which is down 0.1% in midday trading, and up 10.48% on a year-to-date basis. Valero Energy Corp, meanwhile, is up 18.50% year-to-date, and Baker Hughes Company is up 2.56% year-to-date. Combined, VLO and BKR make up approximately 5.4% 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 Tuesday. As you can see, one sector is up on the day, while eight sectors are down.

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