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Home Depot HD reported a 43% gain in its fiscal third-quarter profit and lifted its forecast for the year.
Home Depot's quarterly profit surged to $1.35 billion, or $0.95 per share, from a year-ago profit of $947 million, or $0.63 per share. Its sales increased 7.4% to $19.47 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.90 per share on revenue of $19.18 billion. Home Depot's same-store sales climbed 7.4% in the quarter.
Equities Trading UPShares of Brocade Communications Systems BRCD got a boost, shooting up 5 percent to $8.50 after the company reported a better-than-expected Q4 profit. Trina Solar TSL was also up, gaining 3.26 percent to $16.72 after the company posted a profit in the third quarter and lifted its full-year shipment outlook.
Equities Trading DOWNBest Buy Co BBY shares tumbled 8.40 percent to $39.90 after the company swung to a profit in the fiscal third-quarter profit.
Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.10 percent to $92.94, while gold traded up 0.08 percent to $1,273.30.
Eurozone
European shares were lower today. The Spanish Ibex Index fell 1.07 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index tumbled 1 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX fell 0.23 percent and the French CAC 40 dropped 1.02 percent while U.K. shares declined 0.44 percent.
The ICSC-Goldman Sachs store sales index rose 0.1% in the week ended Saturday versus previous week.
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