Consumer companies fell as optimism about holiday shopping season faded.

Shares of department stores such as Macy's and Kohl's, which rallied earlier in the week, lost 3% or more.

Suntory, the Japanese distiller of Jim Beam whiskey and other spirits, is preparing for rising risk of global trade wars by stockpiling in Europe and changing its sales focus in the U.S.


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