Consumer noncyclical stocks finished up broadly on Wall Street on Thursday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.
More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%, the Nasdaq increased 0.6% and the S&P 500 rose 0.4%.
Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:
- Sanderson Farms (SAFM): SAFM stock is up 1.9% today.
- Mondelez International Inc. Cl A (MDLZ): MDLZ stock is up 1.4% today.
- Industrias Bachoco S.A. De C.V. (IBA): IBA stock is up 1.3% today.
- Vector Group Ltd (VGR): VGR stock is up 1.1% today.
- Reynolds American Inc (RAI): RAI stock is up 1.0% today.
- Kellogg Company (K): K stock is up 0.9% today.
- Owens Corning Inc (OC): OC stock is up 1.0% today.
- Embotell Andina Sa A (AKO.A): AKO.A stock is up 0.9% today.
- Brown Forman Inc A (BF.A): BF.A stock is up 0.8% today on 2 times normal volume.
- Ecolab Inc (ECL): ECL stock is up 0.7% today.
Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:
- Vina Concha Y Toro (VCO): VCO stock is down 1.7% today.
- Universal Corp (UVV): UVV stock is down 0.8% today.
- Lancaster Colony Corp (LANC): LANC stock is down 0.6% today.
- J.M. Smucker Company (SJM): SJM stock is down 0.4% today.
- Dean Foods Company (DF): DF stock is down 0.4%, marking the third consecutive day the stock has decreased.
- Pepsico Inc (PEP): PEP stock is down 0.3% today.
- Procter & Gamble Company (PG): PG stock is down 0.2% today.
- Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (COKE): COKE stock is down 0.2% today.
- Kimberly-Clark Corp (KMB): KMB stock is down 0.2% today.
- Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa (BUD): BUD stock is down 0.2% 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.
