-- Consumer stocks were lower late Wednesday afternoon, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) declining 0.4% and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) down 0.3%.
In corporate news, Walmart (WMT) has opened its third owned-and-operated milk processing facility in the US, located in Robinson, Texas, and representing an investment of more than $350 million, the company said Wednesday. Its shares were fractionally higher.