Sector Update: Consumer

03:31 PM EST, 11/04/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks gained late Wednesday afternoon, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) rising 3.5% and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) adding 4.4%. In corporate news, Smurfit Westrock (SW) was issued a subpoena by the US Department of Justice on Sept. 22 in connection with a grand jury investigation in the Northern District of Illinois regarding the pricing and sale of containerboard and related products, the company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday. Its shares were up 3.3%.