Against the current: Markets are down, yet New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc., TAL Education Group, Chegg, Inc. go up and make this list of top gainers.
The leading indices were losing ground — Dow Jones drawing back 0.47% to 33,140. S&P 500 slipping 0.52% and closing at 3,908.59.
Meanwhile, United States Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Jan) came out at -8.9, while a consensus of analysts was expecting -11.
Though markets had an unsatisfactory day yesterday, some consumer staples stocks manage to recover as Top Gainers. Take a look:
Philip Morris | +2.08% to start today's session
The Swiss-American tobacco company is now trading 19.58% above the significant low ($83) it slumped to 3 months ago. The tobacco giant's market cap currently stands at $157 billion with an average daily trading volume of 4.15 million shares. Philip Morris is forecasted to generate revenues of $7.43 billion and EPS of $1.37.
TAL Education | +5.27% to start today's session
The Chinese education and tutoring company has fallen back around 20.93% from the significant high of $10.08 set 28 days ago. So far this year, it has been outperforming the Nasdaq by 0.22%. TAL Education is currently trading with a market cap of $5.44 billion with an average daily volume of 15.10 million shares.
TAL Education is scheduled to announce earnings results today. The consensus EPS estimate is 0.02 and the consensus revenue estimate is $239.83 million.
Chegg | +2.16% to start today's session
After closing the previous trading day at $20.38, Chegg is up to $20.82, which makes for a move of 2.16%/44 cents today.
New Oriental Education & Technology | +10.62% to start today's session
After closing the previous trading day at $40.77, New Oriental Education & Technology is up to $45.1, which makes for a move of 10.62%/$4.33 today.