Twenty-First Century Fox Inc
(ASX:FOX) helped push the consumer discretionary sector to the best performer in 2013.
Rupert Murdoch’s film and television business started trading as its own entity after being spun out of News Corp
(ASX:NWS) earlier last year and saw its stock jump almost 60 per cent.
The consumer discretionary sector advanced 36.3 per cent over 2013 to take out the top spot across the Australian Securities Exchange’s major sectors.
Law firm Slater & Gordon Limited
(ASX:SGH) aided the sector with a gain of almost 130 per cent over 2013.
James Packer’s Crown Resorts Limited
(ASX:CWN) boosted the sector with its stock rising almost 60 per cent.
Shares in Twenty-First Century Fox dipped 0.26 per cent on Tuesday to end the last day of 2013 at $38.54.
