Tuesday Sector Laggards: Technology & Communications, Materials

Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Tuesday, shares of Technology & Communications companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 1.8% loss. Within that group, Seagate Technology plc (STX) and Xerox Corp (XRX) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 4.2% and 3.6%, respectively..