consumer-staples

S&P 500 consumer-staples and utilities stocks finished higher.

Dow Snaps Streak, but Up for Week Brendan Conway 2011

The technology, industrial and consumer-staples sectors will be particularly sensitive to this.

Rising Dollar: Headwind for U.S. Growth Kelly Evans 2011

Relatively stronger were safe-haven stock sectors, with utilities, consumer-staples, telecommunications and health-care stocks the best performers of the day.

Slowdown Fears Slam U.S. Stocks Jonathan Cheng 2011

Pulling on the upside were gains among the so-called "defensive" sectors, as investors sought safety in utilities, consumer-staples and health-care companies.

Stocks Turn Positive Jonathan Cheng 2011

The stock's climb helped lift the consumer-staples sector, which was the only S&P 500 category in the black.

Dow Drops 168.32 as Oil Anxieties Simmer Donna Kardos Yesalavich 2011

The defensive utilities, health-care and consumer-staples sectors posted the strongest gains as investors edged back into stocks after three days of losses.

Blue Chips Smile on U.S. Data Brendan Conway 2011

Fears of rising oil prices and worries about inflation-exposed consumer-staples stocks are just a few of the options market's more robust signals heading into a new quarter.

Options Players Gird for Higher Oil Prices and Inflation Brendan Conway 2011

Yardeni Research reports that forward earnings estimates rose for nine of the 10 S&P 500 sectors, with the consumer-discretionary, consumer-staples, health-care and information-technology sectors at record highs.

Rosy Earnings Drive Market Up Dave Kansas 2011

Analysts said traders' worries about commodity-price inflation are also behind a new worried tone over consumer-staples stocks.

Options Players Gird for Higher Oil Prices and Inflation Brendan Conway 2011

For the quarter, the Standard & Poor's health-care sector was up 7.3%; its utilities sector was up 5%; and the consumer-staples sector gained 4.5%.

Stock Swings Sets Summer's Stage Jonathan Cheng 2011