Consumer stocks still were narrowly higher late in Thursday trading, with the SPDR Consumer Staples Select Sector ETF (XLP) climbing 0.1% and the SPDR Consumer Discretionary Select Sector ETF (XLY) rising 0.1%. In company news, Luminar Technologies (LAZR) was more than 17% higher after the vehicle sensors and software company announced a new partnership with Daimler's Mercedes-Benz unit that includes Luminar providing its Iris light detection and ranging technology to the German automaker. Financial terms were not disclosed.