03:20 PM EDT, 06/26/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed late Wednesday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) easing 0.2% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) climbing 1.4%.

In corporate news, Conn's (CONN) has hired financial and operational advisers to rework its debt load and integrate a rival chain it bought last year, Bloomberg reported. Its shares tumbled past 13%.