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March 03, 2023
Off to the races! Markets are off to a great start this session; New Oriental Education & Technology has already added 4.18% to lead the way for consumer_defensive stocks
The leading indices are showing gains — Nasdaq up 0.51%, trading at 11,522. S&P 500 goes up 0.41%, trading at 3,997.74.
Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as data for United States Initial Jobless Claims published yesterday at 13:30 UTC came out at 190,000, beating projections of 195,000 and showing improvement over the preceding figure of 192,000.
Here are the biggest consumer_defensive stocks gainers so far today.
+1.15%: Kroger increases to $46.26
After closing the previous trading day at $45.73, Kroger is up to $46.26, which makes for a move of 1.15%/52.5 cents today. Currently, the US supermarket king has a market capitalization of $33.11 billion with an average daily trading volume of 5.23 million shares. So far this year, it has been doing worse than the S&P 500 by 1.12%.
Natura &Co | +1.27% to start today's session
After closing the previous trading day at $5.52, Natura &Co is up to $5.59, which makes for a move of 1.27%/7 cents today.
Natura &Co is scheduled to announce earnings results Wednesday. The consensus EPS estimate is 0.11 and the consensus revenue estimate is $2 billion.
Oatly | +1.54% to start today's session
After closing the previous trading day at $2.27, Oatly is up to $2.31, which makes for a move of 1.54%/3.5 cents today.
New Oriental Education & Technology | +4.18% to start today's session
After closing the previous trading day at $42.62, New Oriental Education & Technology is up to $44.4, which makes for a move of 4.18%/$1.78 today.
