Discover which stocks outperformed yesterday's bearish market

Against the current: Markets slid, yet Herbalife Nutrition Ltd., Oatly Group AB, Chegg, Inc. went up and made this list of yesterday's top consumer_defensive stocks gainers.

Leading equity indices in the US declined as Dow Jones was down 1.72% before closing the session at 32,856. S&P 500 was down 1.53% before closing the session at 3,986.37.

While price action maintains a negative bias, United States API Weekly Crude Oil Stock released yesterday at 21:30 UTC with a figure of -3.83 million, while the previous figure was 6.20 million.

Even though markets fell yesterday, some consumer_defensive stocks were bullish. Have a look at these Top Gainers from yesterday's session:

Natura &Co gains 1.03%, closes at $5.86 ahead of the quarterly earnings report set for today

After ending Monday at $5.8, Natura &Co went up to $5.95 only to drop back, yet still traded well overall and closed at $5.86 yesterday. The company's market cap currently stands at $4 billion with an average daily volume of 724,458 shares. So far this year, it has been outperforming the Nasdaq by 46.54%.

Natura &Co trades at $5.86 ahead of quarterly performance report which is scheduled to be released today.

Oatly | Up 1.3% to $2.33 yesterday

Having set a significant low of $1.33 2 months ago, the dairy alternative producer is trading 72.93% higher. So far this year, it has performed better than the Nasdaq by 6.37%. The company has a market cap of $1.38 billion with an average daily volume of 3.12 million shares.

Oatly is trading in a $2.23 – $2.35 range prior to its earnings announcement.

Chegg extends five-day winning streak

The US education technology company rose as high as $17.17 before giving up its gains and dropping back to $17.08 before the close on yesterday. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $2.16 billion with an average daily volume of 3.71 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 42.85%.

+1.86%: bullish mood lifts Herbalife Nutrition to session high of $20.39

An influx of buyers helped the dietary supplement maker to end the session higher around $20.29, while establishing a $19.77 to $20.39 session range yesterday. Herbalife Nutrition's market cap is currently $1.99 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1.67 million shares.