Monday Sector Leaders: Consumer Products, Services

Monday Sector Leaders: Consumer Products, Services

By Market News Video Staff, Monday, December 9, 2:35 PM ET

Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Monday, shares of Consumer Products companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 0.2%. Within the sector, Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) and HanesBrands Inc (NYSE:HBI) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 2.8% and 1.8%, respectively. Among consumer products ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF (NYSE:IYK), which is up 0.2% on the day, and up 25.03% year-to-date. Kraft Heinz Co , meanwhile, is down 22.03% year-to-date, and HanesBrands Inc is up 26.38% year-to-date. Combined, KHC and HBI make up approximately 1.5% of the underlying holdings of IYK.

The next best performing sector is the Services sector, higher by 0.2%. Among large Services stocks, Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE:JWN) and Viacom Inc (NASDAQ:VIAB) are the most notable, showing a gain of 3.5% and 3.2%, respectively. One ETF closely tracking Services stocks is the iShares U.S. Consumer Services ETF (IYC), which is flat on the day in midday trading, and up 24.47% on a year-to-date basis. Nordstrom, Inc., meanwhile, is down 13.41% year-to-date, and Viacom Inc, is down 3.42% year-to-date. Combined, JWN and VIAB make up approximately 0.5% of the underlying holdings of IYC.

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Comparing these stocks and ETFs on a trailing twelve month basis, below is a relative stock price performance chart, with each of the symbols shown in a different color as labeled in the legend at the bottom:

Here's a snapshot of how the S&P 500 components within the various sectors are faring in afternoon trading on Monday. As you can see, two sectors are up on the day, while six sectors are down.