Maplebear and Coty Lead Consumer Staples Stock Gainers in October

Maplebear (CART) and Coty (COTY) were the leading share-price gainers in the consumer staples group for October as the month neared its close.

U.S. consumer staples climbed 11.1% over October’s first 16 trading sessions, the third-strongest opening for a month in a comparison dating to 1990. Only comparable periods in October 1998, at 14.61%, and February 1991, at 11.16%, had larger gains. The measure covers 16 sessions, not October’s full-month result; the historical comparison of October’s opening stretch details that benchmark.