08:56 AM EST, 03/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed pre-bell Friday with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) 0.3% lower while the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) was up 0.5% recently.

Costco Wholesale ( COST ) was 3.4% lower after it reported fiscal Q2 net sales of $58.44 billion, up from $55.27 billion a year earlier but missing the $59.13 billion consensus from analysts surveyed by Capital IQ.