03:20 PM EDT, 10/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed late Tuesday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) shedding 0.4% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) adding 1.5%.

Redbook US same-store sales rose by 5% from a year earlier in the week ended Oct. 18 after a 5.9% year-over-year increase in the previous week.

In corporate news, Philip Morris International's ( PM ) Q3 results exceeded Wall Street's expectations, while the company issued a downbeat outlook for the final quarter of 2025. Its shares dropped 5%.