Closing Market Report 2/20/2018

  

The KUIK Closing Market Report for Tuesday, February 20:

 

Markets had a post Presidents Day downer.

 

Index

Direction

Change

Units

Index

Time

Change

Dow

Down

                  (255)

points

        24,965

2:53 PM

S&P500

Down

-0.6%

percent

          2,716

       1.00

Nasdaq Composite

Down

-0.1%

percent

          7,234

       9.00

30 Year Treasury

Up

                      2

Basis Points

           3.15

Annual Yield

Walmart fell 10.2% to $94.10 a after its fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share missed forecasts after it said online sales growth slowed during the fourth quarter  by to 24% compared to 50% growth in the previous three quarters. But sales in existing stores rose 2.6%, representing its 14th consecutive quarter of growth in that segment.  It is first miss in 10 quarters, as adjusted per-share earnings came in at $1.33, below the $1.37 exptected by analysts.

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www.marketwatch.com/story/walmart-execs-grilled-on-disappointing-online-growth-on-earnings-call-2018-02-20

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