08:57 AM EDT, 07/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed pre-bell Wednesday, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) 0.2% lower and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) recently up 0.3%.

Hershey (HSY) stock was up more than 2% after the company posted fiscal Q2 adjusted earnings and net sales that topped analysts' expectations.