Less than a handful of the more than 500 stocks that make up the S&P 500 Index SPX, -5.56% are trading higher, as the index tumbled 4.4% toward its biggest one-day drop since the COVID-19 pandemic selloff accelerated in March. Two of the four gainers were in the defensive consumer discretionary sector, with grocery chain Kroger Co.'s stock up 0.9% and shares of tissue and personal care products maker Kimberly-Clark Corp. KMB, -1.08%, which inched up 0.1%.
which ticked up 0.3%.
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