Friday Sector Leaders: Materials, Utilities
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AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA AAPL TSLA AMZN META AMD NVDA PEP COST ADBE GOOG AMGN HON INTC INTU NFLX ADP SBUX MRNA Markets BLDR Friday Sector Leaders: Materials, Utilities January 09, 2026 — 02:35 pm EST Written by BNK Invest for BNK Invest-> In afternoon trading on Friday, Materials stocks are the best performing sector, up 1.8%. Within the sector, Builders FirstSource Inc. (Symbol: BLDR) and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold (Symbol: FCX) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 11.3% and 4.5%, respectively. Among the high volume ETFs, one ETF closely following materials stocks is the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (Symbol: XLB), which is up 1.4% on the day, and up 6.25% year-to-date. Builders FirstSource Inc., meanwhile, is up 20.35% year-to-date, and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold is up 11.50% year-to-date. FCX makes up approximately 5.4% of the underlying holdings of XLB. The next best performing sector is the Utilities sector, up 1.2%. Among large Utilities stocks, Vistra Corp (Symbol: VST) and Constellation Energy Corp (Symbol: CEG) are the most notable, showing a gain of 10.2% and 4.8%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Utilities stocks is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLU), which is up 1.4% in midday trading, and down 0.32% on a year-to-date basis. Vistra Corp, meanwhile, is up 2.89% year-to-date, and Constellation Energy Corp, is down 4.32% year-to-date. Combined, VST and CEG make up approximately 12.3% of the underlying holdings of XLU. 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, seven sectors are up on the day, while two sectors are down. Sector% Change Materials+1.8%Utilities+1.2%Industrial+1.2%Technology & Communications+1.0%Consumer Products+0.6%Services+0.6%Healthcare+0.2%Financial-0.1%Energy-0.6% 10 ETFs With Stocks That Insiders Are Buying » Also see: HR Price Target ETFs Holding FDEF Funds Holding KLDO The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc. Tags MarketsStocks BNK Invest BNK Invest Inc. provides investment services and information. BNK Invest owns and operates a market news family of websites including DividendChannel, ETFChannel, StockOptionsChannel, and others, which make up an investor community featuring stock message boards, ratings, research, and strategies. BNK Invest caters to investing firms and individual investors internationally. HR Price Target-> ETFs Holding FDEF-> Funds Holding KLDO-> More articles by this source-> Stocks mentioned BLDR FCX XLB VST CEG More Related Articles This data feed is not available at this time. Data is currently not available • Sign up for the TradeTalks newsletter to receive your weekly dose of trading news, trends and education. Delivered Wednesdays.