03:26 PM EDT, 03/25/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed in late Tuesday afternoon trading with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) shedding 0.9% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) up 0.6%.
In economic news, Redbook US same-store sales last week rose by 5.6% from a year earlier after a 5.2% increase in the previous week.
In corporate news, AT&T ( T ) is in talks to buy Lumen Technologies' ( LUMN ) consumer fiber business, Bloomberg reported. AT&T ( T ) shares rose 1.1%, and Lumen fell 14%.