Consumer noncyclical stocks advanced 0.6% on Wall Street so far on Wednesday.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average remained flat, the Nasdaq stayed the same and the S&P 500 was steady.
Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:
- Seaboard Corp (SEB): SEB stock is up 2.8% today.
- Gruma S.A. De C.V. (GMK): GMK stock is up 1.4% today.
- Post Holdings Inc. (POST): POST stock is up 1.3% today.
- Hain Celestial Group (HAIN): HAIN stock is up 1.3% today.
- Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL): CL stock is up 1.0% today.
- B&G Foods Holdings (BGS): BGS stock is up 1.0% today.
- Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB): KMB stock is up 1.0% today.
- Altria Group (MO): MO stock is up 0.9% today.
- Starbucks Corp (SBUX): SBUX stock is up 0.8% today.
- Universal Corp (UVV): UVV stock is up 0.8% today.
Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:
- Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS): NUS stock is down 1.7% today.
- United Stationers Inc (USTR): USTR stock is down 1.1% today.
- Brf-Brasil Foods S.A. (BRFS): BRFS stock is down 1.0% today.
- Newell Rubbermaid Inc (NWL): NWL stock is down 0.9% today.
- Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa (BUD): BUD stock is down 0.7%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Unilever Plc (UL): UL stock is down 0.5%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Unilever Nv (UN): UN stock is down 0.4% today.
- Ingredion Inc (INGR): INGR stock is down 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Owens Corning Inc (OC): OC stock is down 0.6%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Herbalife Ltd (HLF): HLF stock is down 0.4% today.
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Editor’s Note: Returns for the fastest-moving stocks listed here are based on share prices 20 minutes prior to publication of this story.
