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Sector Update: Consumer

-- Consumer stocks were leaning lower pre-bell Monday, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) down 0.1% and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) declining by 0.6%.

Somnigroup International (SGI) has agreed to acquire Leggett & Platt (LEG) in an all-stock deal valued at about $2.5 billion, the companies said. Leggett & Platt stock was up more than 8% and Somnigroup International shares were down more than 1% premarket.

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