09:13 AM EDT, 03/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were rising pre-bell Tuesday, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) advancing by 0.2% and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector ETF (XLY) up 0.4%.

Atour Lifestyle ( ATAT ) stock was up 2.5% after the company posted higher Q4 adjusted net income and revenue.

Academy Sports and Outdoors ( ASO ) shares were down more than 5% after the company reported fiscal Q4 adjusted earnings per share and net sales that missed analysts' expectations.

Alibaba ( BABA ) launched a new AI platform on Tuesday that can coordinate the activities of numerous AI agents, news outlets reported. Alibaba ( BABA ) shares were up more than 1% premarket.