08:51 AM EDT, 09/03/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were flat pre-bell Tuesday with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) recently unchanged.

Walt Disney ( DIS ) and DirecTV traded blame on Sunday as millions of DirectTV subscribers lost access to sports, news, and entertainment programming over the two companies' failure to renew an agreement. Walt Disney ( DIS ) shares were 0.4% lower premarket.