Consumer noncyclical stocks finished down broadly on Wall Street on Friday, with the sector seeing an overall decline of 0.5%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushed 0.4% higher, the Nasdaq climbed 0.9% and the S&P 500 was up 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:
- Embotell Andna Sa B (AKO.B): AKO.B stock is up 1.1% today.
- Newell Rubbermaid Inc (NWL): NWL stock is up 0.8% today.
- Church & Dwight Company (CHD): CHD stock is up 0.8% today.
- Hain Celestial Group (HAIN): HAIN stock is up 0.8% today.
- Sanderson Farms (SAFM): SAFM stock is up 0.8% today.
- Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB): KMB stock is up 0.7% today.
- Ingredion Inc (INGR): INGR stock is up 0.7% today.
- Industrias Bachoco S.A. De C.V. (IBA): IBA stock is up 0.7% today.
- Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. De C.V. (KOF): KOF stock is up 0.7% today.
- Clorox Company (CLX): CLX stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:
- Herbalife Ltd (HLF): HLF stock is down 2.5% today.
- Seaboard Corp (SEB): SEB stock is down 2.0% today.
- Lorillard Inc (LO): LO stock is down 1.2% today.
- Cal-Maine Foods (CALM): CALM stock is down 1.2% today.
- Philip Morris International Inc (PM): PM stock is down 1.0% today.
- Lancaster Colony Corp (LANC): LANC stock is down 0.8% today.
- Brf-Brasil Foods S.A. (BRFS): BRFS stock is down 0.7% today.
- Unilever Nv (UN): UN stock is down 0.7% today.
- Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa (BUD): BUD stock is down 0.7% today.
- Hershey Foods Corp (HSY): HSY 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.
