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On Tuesday, three retail companies reported earnings and offered guidance.

Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) reported Q2 results in line with the estimates. However, its revenue forecast for the current year is slightly below the Street consensus thus dragging down the stock.

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Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS) reported better-than-estimated earnings and boosted its forecast. This was enough to send the stock higher. Jeff Macke said, "Partnerships w/ vendors, disappearing distinction bn on and offline. It's useful to have stores for sports."

TJX Companies Inc's (NYSE: TJX) tepid forecast dampened investor sentiment and dragged down the stock.

In the meantime, Redbook reported that retail sales in the United States recorded 0.3 percent drop on a month-over-month basis in the first two weeks of August. On a year-over-year basis, it recorded 3.1 percent growth.

Similarly, the retail Economist/Goldman chain store sales witnessed a drop of 1.6 percent in the second full week of August.

At time of writing:

  • The SPDR S&P Retail (ETF) (NYSE: XRT) shed 0.26 percent to $45.85.
  • Home Depot lost 0.44 percent to $136.44.
  • Dicks traded up 7.67 percent to $59.10.
  • TJX lost 5.20 percent to $78.42.

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