🛒 Alibaba Rises on Regulatory Relief, While Ulta Stumbles and Tesla Dodges a Legal Bullet Amid a Busy Market Day | Retail Sector Insights
Notable contributors to this performance include Tesla (TSLA), which gained following a legal victory for Elon Musk regarding a dismissed lawsuit related to Dogecoin, despite facing heightened competition in China and a recall of Model X vehicles.
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Friday, August 30
XLY [+0.5%]
In pre-market trading, the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) has seen a price increase of 0.5% since Thursday. Notable contributors to this performance include Tesla (TSLA), which gained following a legal victory for Elon Musk regarding a dismissed lawsuit related to Dogecoin, despite facing heightened competition in China and a recall of Model X vehicles. Amazon (AMZN) is enhancing its voice assistant Alexa with Anthropic's Claude AI models and plans to introduce a premium subscription service. Lululemon Athletica (LULU) is accelerating the launch of new styles after withdrawing criticized leggings, even as it surpassed earnings expectations for Q2 but fell short on revenue forecasts and lowered its fiscal 2024 guidance. Other contributors include Home Depot (HD) and Booking Holdings (BKNG), both of which also recorded modest gains.