08:51 AM EDT, 03/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were steady premarket Friday, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) and Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) recently inactive.

Lululemon athletica (LULU) was more than 13% lower as the company's guidance for sales and earnings for fiscal Q1 and the full financial year lagged the market's expectations.