Sentence examples for defensive stocks from inspiring English sources

Defensive stocks were, not surprisingly, in demand.

Defensive stocks were again in favour.

Defensive stocks were in demand, unsurprisingly given the market's recent weakness.

Defensive stocks like health care providers and phone companies are lagging.

That is largely because of the defensive stocks that dominate the bottom of the volatility charts.

Utility shares in particular have come under selling pressure as investors moved away from defensive stocks.

But defensive stocks such as utilities were down as investors moved back into riskier assets.

"There's definitely a shift towards defensive stocks in the past six weeks," Mr. Bacarella said.

Could it be time to trade out of defensive stocks and look for value?

These stocks have performed so well in this volatile market "not just because they're defensive stocks," he said.

Other defensive stocks on the top-gainers board are United Utilities and Severn Trent, both up more than 1%.