03:33 PM EST, 02/24/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks advanced late Tuesday afternoon, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) increasing 0.6% and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) rising 1.4%.

In corporate news, Honda Motor ( HMC ) suspended operations at its manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico, following a surge of violence in the country after security forces killed major cartel leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, the Financial Times reported. Honda ( HMC ) shares were down 0.1%.