Village Farms International, Inc., TAL Education Group, Mondelez International made Friday's list of top gainers.
Leading equity indices in the US rose as Dow Jones closed the day at 34,100, having gained 0.8%. S&P 500 ended the session at 4,169.48 after a 0.83% gain.
Check out the Top Gainers in consumer_defensive stocks from Friday's session…
Mondelez | Up 3.93% to $76.72 Friday
Mondelez International retained a record high value of $78.59, then dropped $1.87 and closed at Friday. This comes following 's session in which it closed at $73.82. The snack foods and beverages manufacturer has fallen back around 3.78% from the significant high of $76.72 set 2 days ago. So far this year, it has performed better than the Nasdaq by 1.38%. Mondelez is currently trading with a market cap of $104.58 billion with an average daily trading volume of 5.88 million shares.
+4.09%: pre-market trading leads TAL Education to drop to $5.78 (a 1.37% change) after ending Friday at $5.86
Pronounced bullish sentiment in the market helped the Chinese education and tutoring company to make a notable 4.09% gain Friday, rising 23 cents and ultimately closing at $5.86. TAL Education's market cap currently stands at $3.80 billion with an average daily volume of 5.18 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the Nasdaq by 38.34%.
Pilgrim's Pride | Closed +3.35% at $22.81
Over the past 10 months, America's leading poultry processor has retreated 35.82% from a noteworthy peak of $34.39. The company's market cap currently stands at $5.40 billion with an average daily volume of 667,706 shares.
Village Farms | Closed +8.42% at 76.98 cents
An influx of buyers helped the controlled environment agriculture pioneer to end the session higher around 76.98 cents, while establishing a 72 cents to 78 cents session range Friday.