Consumer Companies Higher on Tax-Cut Views -- Consumer Roundup

Shares of retailers and other consumer-services companies rose amid optimism about tax cuts.

Sonic Corp., the operator of popular burger chain Sonic Drive-In, said the company that handles its credit-card processing warned of a data breach. Cybersecurity web site Krebs on Security said the breach may have compromised the payment-card information of a large number of customers from Sonic and, possibly, other restaurants.

Rob Curran, rob.curran@dowjones.com

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September 27, 2017 17:25 ET (21:25 GMT)