Consumer noncyclical stocks advanced broadly on Wall Street so far on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.4%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1%, the Nasdaq stayed the same and the S&P 500 pushed 0.1% higher.

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• United Natural Foods (UNFI): UNFI stock is up 2.8% today.

• Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (PPC): PPC stock is up 2.2% today and up 22.5% in the last month.

• Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP): TAP stock is up 2.3% today.

• Sanderson Farms (SAFM): SAFM stock is up 2.0% today.

• Monster Beverage Corp (MNST): MNST stock is up 1.7% today.

• Mondelez International Inc. Cl A (MDLZ): MDLZ stock is up 1.6% today.

• Herbalife Ltd (HLF): HLF stock is up 0.9% today.

• Cal-Maine Foods (CALM): CALM stock is up 1.5% today.

• Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS): NUS stock is up 0.8% today.

• Keurig Green Mountain Inc. (GMCR): GMCR stock is up 1.2% today.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• The Andersons (ANDE): ANDE stock is down 4.7% today.

• Treehouse Foods (THS): THS stock is down 4.4% today.

• J & J Snack Foods (JJSF): JJSF stock is down 1.9% today.

• Philip Morris International Inc (PM): PM stock is down 0.7% today.

• Brf-Brasil Foods S.A. (BRFS): BRFS stock is down 1.0% today.

• Universal Corp (UVV): UVV stock is down 0.3% today.

• Revlon Inc (REV): REV stock is down 0.7% today.

• Gruma S.A. De C.V. (GMK): GMK stock is down 0.5% today.

• Hormel Foods Corp (HRL): HRL stock is down 0.4% today.

• Bunge Limited (BG): BG stock is down 0.6% 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.