Biggest Movers in Consumer Noncyclical Stocks Now – MDLZ TAP PPC LO

by Portfolio Grader | May 7, 2014 12:15 pm

Consumer noncyclical stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street on Wednesday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.5%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, the Nasdaq declined 0.3% and the S&P 500 was up 0.2%.

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Mondelez International Inc. Cl A (MDLZ[1]): MDLZ stock is up 7.9% to a new 52-week high of $38.00.

• Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP[2]): TAP stock is up 4.0% to a new 52-week high of $62.14.

• Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (PPC[3]): PPC stock is up 1.2% to a new 52-week high of $23.63.

• Lorillard Inc (LO[4]): LO stock is up 1.5% today.

• Lancaster Colony Corp (LANC[5]): LANC stock is up 1.3% today.

• Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM[6]): ADM stock is up 1.2% today.

• Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (MJN[7]): MJN stock is up 1.0% today.

• Vector Group Ltd (VGR[8]): VGR stock is up 0.8% today.

• General Mills (GIS[9]): GIS stock is up 1.0% to a new 52-week high of $53.38.

• Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB[10]): KMB stock is up 1.0% today.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• United Natural Foods (UNFI[11]): UNFI stock is down 4.4%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS[12]): NUS stock is down 3.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Keurig Green Mountain Inc. (GMCR[13]): GMCR stock is down 2.9% today.

• Hain Celestial Group (HAIN[14]): HAIN stock is down 1.7% today.

• Elizabeth Arden (RDEN[15]): RDEN stock is down 0.6% today and down 26.1% in the last month.

• Constellation Brands Inc (STZ[16]): STZ stock is down 0.7% today.

• The Whitewave Foods Company (WWAV[17]): WWAV stock is down 0.7% today.

• Seaboard Corp (SEB[18]): SEB stock is down 0.6% today.

• Dean Foods Company (DF[19]): DF stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Brf-Brasil Foods S.A. (BRFS[20]): BRFS stock is down 0.5% 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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