Hottest Consumer Noncyclical Stocks Now – MNST DAR OC MDLZ

by Portfolio Grader | August 8, 2014 12:00 pm

Consumer noncyclical stocks rose broadly on Wall Street so far on Friday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.1%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was unchanged, the Nasdaq remained flat and the S&P 500 stayed the same.

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Monster Beverage Corp (MNST[1]): MNST stock is up 6.7% today.

• Darling International Inc (DAR[2]): DAR stock is up 1.8% today.

• Owens Corning Inc (OC[3]): OC stock is up 0.7% today.

• Mondelez International Inc. Cl A (MDLZ[4]): MDLZ stock is up 0.6% today.

• Deluxe Corp (DLX[5]): DLX stock is up 0.5% today.

• Lancaster Colony Corp (LANC[6]): LANC stock is up 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

• Industrias Bachoco S.A. De C.V. (IBA[7]): IBA stock is up 0.3% today.

• Philip Morris International Inc (PM[8]): PM stock is up 0.4% today.

• Mccormick & Company Inc (MKC[9]): MKC stock is up 0.2% today.

• Adecoagro S.A. (AGRO[10]): AGRO stock is up 0.2%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has increased.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Post Holdings Inc. (POST[11]): POST stock is down 23.4% today and down 28.1% in the last month.

• Universal Corp (UVV[12]): UVV stock is down 2.8% today.

• Diageo Plc (DEO[13]): DEO stock is down 2.1%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.

• The Whitewave Foods Company (WWAV[14]): WWAV stock is down 2.1% today.

• Sanderson Farms (SAFM[15]): SAFM stock is down 1.5% today.

• Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (PPC[16]): PPC stock is down 1.4% today.

• Keurig Green Mountain Inc. (GMCR[17]): GMCR stock is down 1.1% today.

• Unilever Plc (UL[18]): UL stock is down 1.1% today.

• Unilever Nv (UN[19]): UN stock is down 1.1% today.

• Brf-Brasil Foods S.A. (BRFS[20]): BRFS stock is down 1.0%, 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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