Is the Consumer Defensive sector up or down today?
Consumer Defensive is up 0.37% today on a cap-weighted basis, with 24 advancers and 10 decliners among 34 S&P 500 constituents.
34 S&P 500 constituents · cap-weighted performance · 34 with live or seed quotes
Consumer Defensive (34 S&P 500 stocks) is up 0.37% today on a market-cap-weighted basis. Consumer Staples includes food producers, beverage companies, household products, and discount retailers. The group is traditionally defensive — holding up better when growth sectors sell off.
Breadth: 24 advancers, 10 decliners, and 0 roughly unchanged among quoted names. Participation is skewed to the upside — a broad rally within the group.
Versus SPY (-2.40%), Consumer Defensive is outperforming the broad market today. Input-cost inflation and pricing power.
Consumer Defensive is up 0.37% today on a cap-weighted basis, with 24 advancers and 10 decliners among 34 S&P 500 constituents.
The largest Consumer Defensive names by estimated market cap include WMT, HRL, TSN, ADM. See live prices and charts on each ticker page.
Consumer Defensive is up 0.37% vs the prior close, while SPY is down 2.40% today.
Consumer Defensive is driven by Input-cost inflation and pricing power; Private-label competition and shelf space; Emerging-market volume growth. Use the sector map and screener to spot rotation and breadth shifts.