Sector Update: Consumer

03:23 PM EDT, 09/09/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks were lower late Wednesday afternoon, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) each falling 1.1%. In corporate news, Fox (FOX) is facing expanded antitrust scrutiny from the US Department of Justice over its $22 billion acquisition of streaming platform Roku (ROKU), Semafor reported. Fox shares were down 1.2%, and Roku shed 1.3%.