Consumer noncyclical stocks rose broadly on Wall Street so far on Wednesday, with the sector seeing an overall increase of 0.2%.

More broadly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3%, the Nasdaq pushed 0.5% higher and the S&P 500 increased 0.3%.

Some of the biggest gainers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Hormel Foods Corp (HRL): HRL stock is up 2.0% today.

• Seaboard Corp (SEB): SEB stock is up 1.9% today.

• Reynolds American Inc (RAI): RAI stock is up 1.7% today.

• Post Holdings Inc. (POST): POST stock is up 1.5% today.

• Diageo Plc (DEO): DEO stock is up 1.3% today.

• Usana Health Sciences Inc (USNA): USNA stock is up 1.1% today.

• The Whitewave Foods Company (WWAV): WWAV stock is up 1.0% today.

• Embotell Andna Sa B (AKO.B): AKO.B stock is up 1.0% today.

• Lorillard Inc (LO): LO stock is up 0.9% today.

• Altria Group (MO): MO stock is up 0.6% today.

Some of the biggest losers among consumer noncyclical stocks include:

• Owens Corning Inc (OC): OC stock is down 2.5% today.

• Avon Products (AVP): AVP stock is down 1.7% today.

• United Natural Foods (UNFI): UNFI stock is down 1.2% today.

• Darling International Inc (DAR): DAR stock is down 1.0% today.

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

• Inter Parfums (IPAR): IPAR stock is down 0.7% today.

• Pilgrim’s Pride Corp (PPC): PPC stock is down 0.7% today.

• Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (MJN): MJN stock is down 0.7% today.

• Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. De C.V. (FMX): FMX stock is down 0.5% today.

• Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. De C.V. (KOF): KOF stock is down 0.5% 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.