Which Stocks Were the Outliers in the Consumer Space on June 17?

On June 17, 2016, the S&P Consumer Discretionary slightly outperformed the S&P 500 and the S&P Consumer Staples. The indexes had respective returns of -0.15%, -0.33%, and -0.45%.

S&P Consumer Staples stocks had a month-to-date return of 1.8%. That’s much higher than the respective -1.5% and -1.2% returns from the S&P Consumer Discretionary and the S&P 500.

On June 17, 2016, the stocks that fell the most were as follows:

• Apple (AAPL) fell by 2.3%
• The Coca-Cola Company (KO) fell by 1.2%
• Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) fell by 1.1%
• Pinnacle Foods (PF) fell by 0.45%

On June 17, 2016, the top gaining stocks were as follows:

• GoPro (GPRO) rose by 8.2%
• Ford Motor (F) rose by 1.1%
• Autoliv (ALV) rose by 1.1%
• Philip Morris International (PM) rose by 0.58%
• General Mills (GIS) rose by 0.05%

In this series, we’ll take a look at the above stocks’ performance, price movement, and latest quarterly results. The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) tracks a market-cap-weighted index of consumer staples stocks drawn from the S&P 500. XLP is the ETF of consumer goods. Let’s start with Apple.