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Sector Update: Consumer
Mar 20, 2025 6:26 AM

08:53 AM EDT, 03/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were flat to higher pre-bell Thursday as the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) was flat and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) was up 0.5% recently.

PDD Holdings ( PDD ) shares declined by more than 3% after the company reported Q4 revenue that missed analysts' expectations.

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