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Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Friday, shares of Energy companies are underperforming other sectors, higher by 0.4%. Within the sector, Diamondback Energy, Inc. (Symbol: FANG) and ConocoPhillips (Symbol: COP) are two of the day's laggards, showing a loss of 1.3% and 0.5%, respectively. Among energy ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLE), which is up 0.4% on the day, and up 9.83% year-to-date. Diamondback Energy, Inc., meanwhile, is up 35.14% year-to-date, and ConocoPhillips, is down 0.89% year-to-date. Combined, FANG and COP make up approximately 7.2% of the underlying holdings of XLE.

The next worst performing sector is the Healthcare sector, higher by 0.8%. Among large Healthcare stocks, Align Technology Inc (Symbol: ALGN) and Biogen Inc (Symbol: BIIB) are the most notable, showing a loss of 4.7% and 3.6%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Healthcare stocks is the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV), which is up 0.9% in midday trading, and up 9.84% on a year-to-date basis. Align Technology Inc, meanwhile, is down 10.84% year-to-date, and Biogen Inc, is down 11.75% year-to-date. Combined, ALGN and BIIB make up approximately 0.9% of the underlying holdings of XLV.

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, nine sectors are up on the day, while none of the sectors are down.

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