In afternoon trading on Tuesday, Consumer Products stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 0.9%. Within the sector, Monster Beverage Corp (NASD: MNST) and Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 4.4% and 2.3%, respectively. Among consumer products ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF (AMEX: IYK), which is up 1.0% on the day, and up 1.61% year-to-date. Monster Beverage Corp , meanwhile, is up 22.28% year-to-date, and Campbell Soup Co. is up 9.13% year-to-date. Combined, MNST and CPB make up approximately 1.3% of the underlying holdings of IYK.
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