Consumer noncyclical stocks finished up 0.5% on Wall Street today.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was steady, the Nasdaq climbed 0.1% and the S&P 500 remained flat.

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Boston Beer Company (SAM): SAM stock is up 1.5% today.

• Universal Corp (UVV): UVV stock is up 1.3% today.

• Tyson Foods (TSN): TSN stock is up 1.2% today.

• Owens Corning Inc (OC): OC stock is up 1.2% today.

• Flowers Foods (FLO): FLO stock is up 1.1% today.

• Lorillard Inc (LO): LO stock is up 1.0% today.

• Pepsico Inc (PEP): PEP stock is up 1.0% today.

• Hershey Foods Corp (HSY): HSY stock is up 1.0% today.

• J.M. Smucker Company (SJM): SJM stock is up 1.0% today.

• Kellogg Company (K): K stock is up 0.9% today.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Deluxe Corp (DLX): DLX stock is down 0.8% today.

• Industrias Bachoco S.A. De C.V. (IBA): IBA stock is down 0.7% today.

• Mondelez International Inc. Cl A (MDLZ): MDLZ stock is down 0.6% today on 2 times normal volume.

• Estee Lauder Companies (EL): EL stock is down 0.3% today.

• The Andersons (ANDE): ANDE stock is down 0.3% today.

• Tootsie Roll Industries (TR): TR stock is down 0.2% today.

• Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM): ADM 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.