Hottest Consumer Noncyclical Stocks Now – BGS CCU CLX PG

by Portfolio Grader | April 7, 2014 11:15 am

Consumer noncyclical stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street on Monday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.1%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.5%, the Nasdaq declined 0.8% and the S&P 500 was down 0.5%.

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• B&G Foods Holdings (BGS[1]): BGS stock is up 1.0% today.

• Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. (CCU[2]): CCU stock is up 1.0% today.

• Clorox Company (CLX[3]): CLX stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Procter & Gamble Company (PG[4]): PG stock is up 0.7% today.

• Coca-Cola Company (KO[5]): KO stock is up 0.7% today.

• Lorillard Inc (LO[6]): LO stock is up 0.6% today.

• Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. De C.V. (KOF[7]): KOF stock is up 0.7% today.

• Unilever Nv (UN[8]): UN stock is up 0.7% today.

• Flowers Foods (FLO[9]): FLO stock is up 0.6% today.

• General Mills (GIS[10]): GIS stock is up 0.6% today.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (PPC[11]): PPC stock is down 2.8% today.

• The Andersons (ANDE[12]): ANDE stock is down 1.8% today.

• Starbucks Corp (SBUX[13]): SBUX stock is down 1.6%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Revlon Inc (REV[14]): REV stock is down 0.9% today.

• United Natural Foods (UNFI[15]): UNFI stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Treehouse Foods (THS[16]): THS stock is down 1.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Hain Celestial Group (HAIN[17]): HAIN stock is down 1.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Deluxe Corp (DLX[18]): DLX stock is down 1.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Diamond Foods (DMND[19]): DMND stock is down 1.1%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Owens Corning Inc (OC[20]): OC stock is down 1.1%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

For more information on the best stocks to buy[21] right now, check out the latest commentary on InvestorPlace.com[22].

And for more on the hot stocks moving most on Wall Street right now, check out our archive of daily market movers by sector here[23].

Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.

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