03:08 PM EDT, 09/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed late Tuesday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) increasing 0.5% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) down 0.7%.

Redbook US same-store sales rose by 5.9% from a year earlier in the week ended Sept. 27 after a 5.7% year-over-year increase in the previous week.

In corporate news, Ford (F) Chief Executive Jim Farley said that proposed policies under President Donald Trump may reduce US electric vehicle sales by half, Bloomberg reported, citing a speech at a Detroit conference. Ford shares were down 1.3%.