Find which stocks outperformed despite yesterday's bearish mood

Against the current: Markets slid, yet US Foods Holding Corp., Village Farms International, Inc., Natura &Co Holding S.A. went up and made this list of yesterday's top consumer_defensive stocks gainers.

Leading equity indices in the US declined as after dropping 0.35%, Nasdaq closed at 12,300. S&P 500 was down 0.16% before closing the session at 4,124.

While price action maintains a negative bias, United States CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions released yesterday at 20:30 UTC with a figure of 216,600, while the previous figure was 214,800.

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

Natura &Co | Up 2.69% to $5.35 yesterday

The multinational cosmetics giant has gained 43.53% since its lowest print of $3.76 earlier this year. So far this year, it has been outperforming the Nasdaq by 28.14%. Natura &Co is currently trading with a market cap of $3.67 billion with an average daily volume of 882,041 shares.

+2.65%: Beyond Meat opened at $10.13 yesterday before posting solid session gaining 2.65%

After closing at $10.2 on Thursday, Beyond Meat rallied as high as $10.82 but ended the day at $10.47. Currently, the plant-based meat substitute supplier has a market capitalization of $671.65 million with an average daily trading volume of 2.26 million shares. So far this year, it has been under-performing the Nasdaq by 31.16%.

+3%: solid session for US Foods generates 3% gain yesterday

US Foods rallied $1.19 (3%) deep into the session, reaching $40.81. The company is currently trading with a market cap of $9.47 billion with an average daily trading volume of 1.56 million shares. So far this year, it has performed better than the Nasdaq by 4.93%.

+2.78%: after-hours trading leads Village Farms to drop to 72.14 cents (a 2.51% change) after ending yesterday at 74 cents

After closing at 72 cents on Thursday, Village Farms maintained a strong bullish bias that helped the stock close higher at 74 cents yesterday. However, market bears ensured the the controlled environment agriculture pioneer topped out at 74.99 cents and that by the end of the session, the market had marked out a distinct 71.01 cents to 74.99 cents range. The controlled environment agriculture pioneer's market cap currently stands at $81.58 million with an average daily volume of 341,954 shares.