Consumer noncyclical stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street on Friday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.6%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 1.1% higher, the Nasdaq climbed 1.4% and the S&P 500 was up 1.1%.
Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:
- Usana Health Sciences Inc (USNA): USNA stock is up 3.4% today and up 41.8% in the last month.
- B&G Foods Holdings (BGS): BGS stock is up 2.5%, marking the fifth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Constellation Brands Inc (STZ): STZ stock is up 2.3% today.
- Brf-Brasil Foods S.A. (BRFS): BRFS stock is up 2.2%, marking the fourth consecutive day the stock has increased.
- Dean Foods Company (DF): DF stock is up 2.2% today.
- Vector Group Ltd (VGR): VGR stock is up 2.2% today.
- Treehouse Foods (THS): THS stock is up 2.2% today.
- Darling International Inc (DAR): DAR stock is up 2.1% today.
- Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP): TAP stock is up 2.0% today.
- United Stationers Inc (USTR): USTR stock is up 1.9% today.
Only one stock in the consumer noncyclical sectors showed losses:
- Gruma S.A. De C.V. (GMK): GMK stock is down 1.3% 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.
