Hottest Consumer Noncyclical Stocks Now – GMCR NUS UNFI EL

by Portfolio Grader | August 22, 2014 11:00 am

Consumer noncyclical stocks rose broadly on Wall Street on Friday morning, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.2%, the Nasdaq declined 0.1% and the S&P 500 fell 0.2%.

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Keurig Green Mountain Inc. (GMCR[1]): GMCR stock is up 8.8%, marking the seventh consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS[2]): NUS stock is up 1.7% today.

• United Natural Foods (UNFI[3]): UNFI stock is up 0.6% today.

• Estee Lauder Companies (EL[4]): EL stock is up 0.6% today.

• Dean Foods Company (DF[5]): DF stock is up 0.4% today.

• Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM[6]): ADM stock is up 0.4% today.

• Revlon Inc (REV[7]): REV stock is up 0.3%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Kellogg Company (K[8]): K stock is up 0.3% today.

• Hormel Foods Corp (HRL[9]): HRL stock is up 0.2% today.

• Campbell Soup Company (CPB[10]): CPB stock is up 0.3%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Owens Corning Inc (OC[11]): OC stock is down 1.1% today.

• Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. (CCU[12]): CCU stock is down 0.9% today.

• Newell Rubbermaid Inc (NWL[13]): NWL stock is down 0.9% today.

• Seaboard Corp (SEB[14]): SEB stock is down 0.8%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Sanderson Farms (SAFM[15]): SAFM stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• British American Tobacco Industries (BTI[16]): BTI stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• Monster Beverage Corp (MNST[17]): MNST stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• United Stationers Inc (USTR[18]): USTR stock is down 0.7% today.

• Unilever Nv (UN[19]): UN stock is down 0.7% today.

• Unilever Plc (UL[20]): UL stock is down 0.6% 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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