Biggest Movers in Consumer Noncyclical Stocks Now – HLF UNFI FMX SAFM

by Portfolio Grader | August 13, 2014 11:45 am

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

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.4% higher and the S&P 500 increased 0.3%.

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Herbalife Ltd (HLF[1]): HLF stock is up 1.8% today.

• United Natural Foods (UNFI[2]): UNFI stock is up 1.1% today.

• Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. De C.V. (FMX[3]): FMX stock is up 1.0% today.

• Sanderson Farms (SAFM[4]): SAFM stock is up 1.0%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. De C.V. (KOF[5]): KOF stock is up 0.9%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Embotell Andna Sa B (AKO.B[6]): AKO.B stock is up 0.9% today.

• Brf-Brasil Foods S.A. (BRFS[7]): BRFS stock is up 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Hain Celestial Group (HAIN[8]): HAIN stock is up 0.9% today.

• Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (PPC[9]): PPC stock is up 0.9%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Vector Group Ltd (VGR[10]): VGR stock is up 0.6% today.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS[11]): NUS stock is down 1.0% today and down 22.5% in the last month.

• Avon Products (AVP[12]): AVP stock is down 0.8% today.

• Flowers Foods (FLO[13]): FLO stock is down 0.7% today.

• Adecoagro S.A. (AGRO[14]): AGRO stock is down 0.7% today.

• J.M. Smucker Company (SJM[15]): SJM stock is down 0.4% today.

• Estee Lauder Companies (EL[16]): EL stock is down 0.3% today.

• Bunge Limited (BG[17]): BG stock is down 0.3% today.

• Tupperware Corp (TUP[18]): TUP stock is down 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Dean Foods Company (DF[19]): DF stock is down 0.2% today.

• Brown Forman Inc B (BF.B[20]): BF.B 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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