ERTH - The five weakest segments and ETFs pulling down the U.S. energy sector

CharlieChesvick/E+ via Getty Images Oil prices are sinking and energy stocks are tanking the most among the S&P 500's 11 sectors amid Monday's broad market sell-off and surprisingly, green energy isn't providing much of a refuge. Many green-energy stocks are falling for the day, and ecofriendly ETFs are some of the the worst year-to-date performers among the energy sector's 66 ETFs and 13 sub-sectors. While green energy has been hurting of late, when looking at the longer viewpoint the space has provided strong returns. Here's a rundown of the energy segment's five worst-performing subsectors year to day, along with the poorest performing exchange traded funds in each. All figures are per etfdb.com, and the rundown excludes leveraged and inverse ETFs: Fifth-Worst Segment: Solar Energy This segment is up just 2.35% year to date on average among the two ETFs offered, badly trailing the S&P 500's roughly 15% YTD gain. The poorest performer of the two

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The five weakest segments and ETFs pulling down the U.S. energy sector