A Glance at Key Updates from the Consumer Sector Last Week
What Caused the Consumer Sector to Rise Last Week? In terms of YTD (year-to-date) performance, the consumer discretionary sector has performed better than the consumer staples sector and the S&P 500 Index. The S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Index (14.2%) has outperformed the S&P 500 Index (4.7%) and the S&P 500 Consumer Staples Index (-7.8%) YTD.