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Sector Update: Consumer
Nov 18, 2025 5:47 PM

03:21 PM EST, 11/18/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were mixed late Tuesday afternoon, with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) increasing 0.6% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) falling 1.3%.

Redbook US same-store sales rose by 6.1% from a year earlier in the week ended Nov. 15 after a 5.9% year-over-year increase in the previous week.

In corporate news, Bally's (BALY) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have reached an agreement allowing casino workers a direct and fair path to union representation through a card check process, Teamsters said Tuesday. Bally's shares rose 2.1%.

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