Consumer noncyclical stocks finished up 0.2% on Wall Street on Thursday.

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

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Seaboard Corp (SEB): SEB stock is up 7.1% today.

• Dean Foods Company (DF): DF stock is up 1.9% today.

• Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc (DPS): DPS stock is up 1.4% today.

• Ecolab Inc (ECL): ECL stock is up 1.3% today.

• B&G Foods Holdings (BGS): BGS stock is up 1.2% today.

• Lancaster Colony Corp (LANC): LANC stock is up 1.2% today.

• Post Holdings Inc. (POST): POST stock is up 1.2% today.

• Conagra Foods (CAG): CAG stock is up 1.1% today.

• Starbucks Corp (SBUX): SBUX stock is up 1.0% today.

• Constellation Brands Inc (STZ): STZ stock is up 1.0% today.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM): ADM stock is down 0.7% today.

• British American Tobacco Industries (BTI): BTI stock is down 0.4% today on 3 times normal volume.

• Campbell Soup Company (CPB): CPB stock is down 0.4% today.

• Altria Group (MO): MO stock is down 0.4% today.

• Clorox Company (CLX): CLX stock is down 0.4% today.

• Darling International Inc (DAR): DAR stock is down 0.3% today.

• Church & Dwight Company (CHD): CHD stock is down 0.3% today.

• Procter & Gamble Company (PG): PG stock is down 0.1% 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.