Consumer companies rose as fears about fuel prices subsided somewhat alongside oil futures.
Shares of Kentucky distiller Brown Forman, maker of Jack Daniels bourbon, rose slightly after it posted quarterly revenue growth but acknowledged the headwinds in the whiskey business, a nod to a stubborn bourbon glut.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into Celsius Holdings to probe whether the company knowingly marketed energy drinks toward children and teenagers. Shares of Celsius fell.
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