Monday Sector Laggards: Technology & Communications, Services

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Monday, shares of Technology & Communications companies are underperforming other sectors, not showing much of a gain. Within the sector, Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) and Xilinx (NASD: XLNX) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 1.4% and 1.4%, respectively. Among technology ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLK), which is up 0.1% on the day, and up 13.24% year-to-date. Juniper Networks, meanwhile, is up 5.05% year-to-date, and Xilinx, is down 7.82% year-to-date. Combined, JNPR and XLNX make up approximately 0.6% of the underlying holdings of XLK.

The next worst performing sector is the Services sector, up 0.1%. Among large Services stocks, GameStop (NYSE: GME) and Cablevision Systems (NYSE: CVC) are the most notable, showing a loss of 2.2% and 2.0%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Services stocks is the iShares U.S. Consumer Services ETF (IYC), which is up 0.2% in midday trading, and up 5.22% on a year-to-date basis. GameStop, meanwhile, is down 13.52% year-to-date, and Cablevision Systems is up 2.73% year-to-date. Combined, GME and CVC make up approximately 0.3% of the underlying holdings of IYC.

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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 Monday. As you can see, eight sectors are up on the day, while none of the sectors are down.