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Yesterday’s Consumer Pops and Drops: FLO, BG, KMB, RAI, TEN, THS
Price movement of S&P 500 indexes
On February 11, 2016, the S&P Consumer Discretionary slightly outperformed the S&P Consumer Staples and the S&P 500 as a whole. The indexes had returns of -0.08%, -0.81%, and -1.2%, respectively.
On the other hand, the S&P Consumer Staples stocks have a monthly return of 0.45%, which is much higher than the -5.1% and -5.2% from the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary, respectively.
Top losers on February 11, 2016
The top-losing stocks as of February 11, 2016, are as follows:
Flowers Foods (FLO) fell by 19.7% with the ‘neutral’ rating from SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Bunge (BG) fell by 18.2% due to mixed results in fiscal 4Q15 and fiscal 2015.
Kimberly-Clark (KMB) fell by 2.7%.
Top gainers on February 11, 2016
The top-gaining stocks as of February 11, 2016, are as follows:
Reynolds American (RAI) rose by 2.2% due to a rise in sales and net income in fiscal 4Q15.
Tenneco (TEN) rose by 0.44% with the ‘overweight’ rating from Barclays.
TreeHouse Foods (THS) rose by 0.37% due to a rise in net income in fiscal 4Q15 and fiscal 2015.
In this series, we’ll take a look at the above stocks’ performances, price movements, and latest quarterly results.
The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) tracks a market-cap-weighted index of consumer staples stocks drawn from the S&P 500. XLP is the ETF of consumer goods.
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