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The latest Fed minutes came across as hawkish which resulted in a wavering stock market. Bond yields started rising.

Sector ETF report for XLU

The S&P 500 surged this year, but four sectors performed even better.

A few are still in green with most of them from the defensive sectors like utilities, healthcare and consumer staples.

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLU) shares saw strong trading volume on Tuesday . 904,326 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 93% from the previous sessions volume of 12,180,633 shares.The stock last traded at $69.59 and had previously closed at $69.53. The stocks 50-day moving average price is $67.39 and its 200-day []

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Shares of NRG Energy Inc. charged 3.3% higher in morning trading Monday, after the electric utility announced a $1 billion stock repurchase program, effective immediately. The buyback plan represents about roughly 11% of the company''s market capitalization of about $9.24 billion. The announcement comes as the company also said it closed on its sale of 4,850 megawatts of fossil generating assets to Generation Bridge, an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, for net proceeds of $620 million. The stock has dropped 16.8% over the past three months, while the SPDR Utilities Select Sector ETF has eased 1.4% and the S&P 500 has tacked on 0.8%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

Despite the broad indices' losses, a few ETFs survived last week's turmoil.

Today, your idle cash is yielding minus 6.2% based on the latest inflation figures. The economy is booming, powered by massive government spending.

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLU) shares saw strong trading volume on Wednesday . 329,245 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 97% from the previous sessions volume of 11,883,182 shares.The stock last traded at $66.41 and had previously closed at $65.77. The stocks fifty day simple moving average is $66.18 and its []

Worries over just how bad the newest COVID variant will be have sent the market on a rout.

XLU: Utility Sector Not Compelling At Current Level