Hottest Consumer Noncyclical Stocks Now – THS MKC PPC MNST

by Portfolio Grader | April 22, 2014 5:30 pm

Consumer noncyclical stocks finished flat on Tuesday on Wall Street.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.5% higher, the Nasdaq increased 0.8% and the S&P 500 pushed 0.5% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Treehouse Foods (THS[1]): THS stock is up 1.3% today.

• Mccormick & Company Inc (MKC[2]): MKC stock is up 1.0% today.

• Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (PPC[3]): PPC stock is up 0.9% today.

• Monster Beverage Corp (MNST[4]): MNST stock is up 0.8% today.

• Hain Celestial Group (HAIN[5]): HAIN stock is up 0.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa (BUD[6]): BUD stock is up 0.7% to a new 52-week high of $109.72.

• Embotell Andina Sa A (AKO.A[7]): AKO.A stock is up 0.7% today on 8 times normal volume.

• Inter Parfums (IPAR[8]): IPAR stock is up 0.7%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Campbell Soup Company (CPB[9]): CPB stock is up 0.7% today.

• Industrias Bachoco S.A. De C.V. (IBA[10]): IBA stock is up 0.6% today.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Post Holdings Inc. (POST[11]): POST stock is down 1.2% today.

• Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL[12]): CL stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Hershey Foods Corp (HSY[13]): HSY stock is down 0.6% today.

• Ecolab Inc (ECL[14]): ECL stock is down 0.6% today.

• Brf-Brasil Foods S.A. (BRFS[15]): BRFS stock is down 0.5% today.

• Procter & Gamble Company (PG[16]): PG stock is down 0.4% today.

• Unilever Plc (UL[17]): UL stock is down 0.4% today.

• United Stationers Inc (USTR[18]): USTR stock is down 0.3% today.

• Gruma S.A. De C.V. (GMK[19]): GMK stock is down 0.3% today.

• Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc (DPS[20]): DPS stock is down 0.3% today.

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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