08:52 AM EDT, 03/19/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were leaning lower pre-bell Tuesday with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) declining by 0.4% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) recently down 0.5%.

Beyond Meat ( BYND ) was over 4% lower after it filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the potential sale of up to $250 million of its securities from time to time.