03:10 PM EST, 12/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were increasing late Monday afternoon, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) up 0.2% and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) rising 1.2%.

In corporate news, Ford Motor ( F ) is shifting its electric vehicle production strategy by repurposing a Kentucky battery plant to make cells for energy storage systems that support the electric grid, as US EV sales decline, Bloomberg reported. Ford shares were down 0.4%.