08:53 AM EDT, 04/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were advancing pre-bell Tuesday as the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) was up 0.3% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) was 0.2% higher recently.

Flutter Entertainment ( FLUT ) was up more than 1% after it launched an offering of $1.05 billion of US dollar-denominated senior secured notes due 2029 and euro-denominated senior secured notes due 2029.