08:58 AM EDT, 07/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were steady premarket Thursday as the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) was up 0.2% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) was up 0.6% recently.

PepsiCo ( PEP ) was down over 2% after it reported a fiscal Q2 revenue of $22.50 billion, up from $22.32 billion a year earlier but missing the $22.59 billion estimate from analysts surveyed by Capital IQ.