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Sector Update: Consumers Sag as Wal-Mart Sales Disappoint 02/18 09:04 AM

09:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, 02/18/2010 (MidnightTrader) -- Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Index: 280.59 Wednesday regular session close


Top Consumer Stocks

WMT: -1.66%

MCD: -0.09%

DIS: -0.19%

HD: -0.60%

CVS: -0.26%

Consumer shares are down, with Wal-Mart Stores (WMT:...) falling despite posting better-than-expected earnings results. The retail giant's same-store sales fell 1.6 percent in the fourth quarter, which has dispappointed investors. Las Vegas Sands (LVS:...) too is slumping even though the casino group reported earnings results in line with analysts' expectations, on the back of strong gambling demand in China that offset a slump in U.S. markets.
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