08:42 AM EST, 12/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer shares were retreating pre-bell Monday with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) down 0.2% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) 1.2% lower recently.

Stagwell ( STGW ) shares were up 3.6% after it said it reached an agreement to acquire Create. Group, a digital communications firm in the Middle East.