Top 5 Best Oil Stock Performers And 5 Worst Performers

The current year is shaping up as another lackluster year for the U.S. energy sector, with oil and gas stocks sitting out a wider market rally. The energy sector’s favorite benchmark, the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE), is up a mere 0.1% compared to a nearly 7% gain by the broad market benchmark, S&P 500.  In sharp contrast, in a true reversal of fortunes, the technology sector has emerged as the class valedictorian, with the the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite Index up 13.5% in the year-to-date while the semiconductor sector’s…