Thursday Sector Leaders: Financial, Materials
December 08, 2016 at 14:35 PM EST
Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Thursday, shares of Financial companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 1.2%. Within that group, Assurant Inc (AIZ) and Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc (MAA) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 3.7% and 3.5%, respectively..