By J.J. McGrath:
The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA:XLY) in the first three quarters of this year ranked No. 9 by returns among the Select Sector SPDRs splitting the S&P 500 into nine segments. On an adjusted closing daily share-price basis, XLY inched up to $66.69 from $66.59, an increase of $0.50, or 0.76 percent.